| 157 Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge | |
| Constituency Type: | electoral district |
| Constituency Link: | Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge (electoral district) |
| Parl Name: | Bundestag |
| Region Label: | State |
| Region: | Saxony |
| Population: | 245,600 (2019) |
| Electorate: | 199,703 (2021) |
| Towns: | Freital Pirna Heidenau |
| Area: | 1,654.2 km2 |
| Year: | 2002 |
| Party: | AfD |
| Local Council Label: | Member |
| Local Council: | Steffen Janich |
| Blank1 Name: | Elected |
| Blank1 Info: | 2021 |
Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge is an electoral constituency (German: Wahlkreis) represented in the Bundestag. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 157. It is located in central Saxony, comprising the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district.[1]
Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge was created for the 2002 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Steffen Janich of the Alternative for Germany (AfD).[2]
Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge is located in central Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district.[1]
Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge was created in 2002, then known as Sächsische Schweiz – Weißeritzkreis. It acquired its current name in the 2009 election. In the 2002 through 2009 elections, it was constituency 159 in the numbering system. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 158. From the 2025 election, it has been number 157.
Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Sächsische Schweiz and Weißeritzkreis. It acquired its current borders in the 2009 election.
| Election | width=150px | Name | width=300px | Borders | |
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| 2002 | 159 | Sächsische Schweiz – Weißeritzkreis |
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| 2005 | |||||
| 2009 | Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge |
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| 2013 | 158 | ||||
| 2017 | |||||
| 2021 | |||||
| 2025 | 157 |
The constituency was first represented by Klaus Brähmig of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 2002 to 2017. Frauke Petry of the AfD was elected in 2017. She left the party prior to the first sitting of the Bundestag, and sat as an independent for the rest of the term. Steffen Janich won the seat for the AfD in 2021.
| Election | Member | Party | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Klaus Brähmig | CDU | 46.2 | |||
| 2005 | 40.9 | |||||
| 2009 | 45.1 | |||||
| 2013 | 50.2 | |||||
| bgcolor= | 2017 | Frauke Petry | AfD | 37.4 | ||
| bgcolor= | Ind. | |||||
| bgcolor= | 2021 | Steffen Janich | AfD | 33.0 | ||