New mayor in Bürstadt: Wenz just wins with 50.1%!

New mayor in Bürstadt: Wenz just wins with 50.1%!

On March 9, 2025, important mayoral elections took place in several Hessian municipalities, which were characterized by exciting results. In Bürstadt, Nauheim and Reinheim, the voters went to the urns to decide on the future management of their cities.

In Bürstadt, three men apply for the successor to the long -time town hall manager Bärbel Schader. Boris Wenz from the SPD won the election with 50.1 percent of the vote in an extremely tight race. He managed to prevail against his opponent Michael Heidrich from the CDU, who received 43.6 percent, and Werner Kruck from the FDP, who achieved 5.4 percent of the votes. In another vote, only seven votes could have led to a runoff election, which illustrates the drama of the election. The turnout in Bürstadt was 47 percent.

results of the mayoral election in Reinheim

In Reinheim, the mayor election campaign ended with clear results. Michael Feick from the SPD was clearly re -elected with 83.2 percent of the votes. His challenger Utho Swetlik, who ran independently, only achieved 12.4 percent, while Mitja Stachowiak received 4.4 percent from the climate list. The turnout was 53.5 percent, with more than 13,000 citizens being eligible to vote. It is noteworthy that Swetlik had previously been discontinued as head of the Wastewater Association in Vorderer Odenwald, in which Feick also sits.

runoff in Nauheim

in Nauheim there is currently a run -off election between Marc Friedrich, an independent candidate who received 43.2 percent of the vote, and Max Hochstätter from the CDU, who received 27.1 percent. The final results are not yet known here. The result of this runoff election remains to be seen and could have a decisive influence on the political landscape of the community.

The elections in these Hessian cities are part of the nationwide local elections, which are organized in Hesse by 422 cities and municipalities as well as 21 counties. The legal framework was adapted by the law of May 7, 2020 and the seventh regulation of May 25, 2020. Since then, foreign advisory board elections have also taken place in parallel to the elections of the municipal representatives, and the minimum duration of the residence for active and passive voting rights have been changed.

In Reinheim there was the possibility of postal voting for all people entitled to vote that are entered in the electoral register. The application for postal voting could be made online or personally in the town hall, whereby the election notification had to be delivered to all eligible voters in good time. Personal applications were possible up to six weeks before the election date, which granted high flexibility and accessibility for citizens.

For the various elections today in Hesse, there are many interesting aspects that influence the election organization and the results, and the citizens have made a decisive contribution to the political future of their communities.