Rheinstetten chooses Jürgen Deck for the new first deputy!

Rheinstetten chooses Jürgen Deck for the new first deputy!

In Rheinstetten there are news from the local council. Jürgen Deck was elected first deputy in the second ballot. This was possible after the incumbent Michael Heuser died in February 2025. The application deadline ended on May 2, 2025, and a total of six candidates were received by Mayor Sebastian Schrempp. At the meeting of the local council, three applicants finally presented themselves: Jürgen Deck, Mirco Weschenfelder and Roland Trauth. In the first ballot, none of them managed to achieve the necessary absolute majority.

So it happened that Jürgen Deck and Roland Trauth competed against each other in the second ballot. With this crucial step, the simple majority was sufficient, and Jürgen Deck was able to prevail with 14 out of 22 votes. Deck, who had previously worked as a department head for civil engineering and the environment and also served as deputy head of office in the building authority, was pleased with the trust of the local council. His term as a full -time official will officially begin while the exact time is still announced by the city.

a fair election process

Mayor Schrempp congratulated deck on his success and praised the fair conditions under which the election went. The candidates Mirco Waschenfelder and Roland Trauth also received recognition for their achievements during the election process. The expiry of the election took place in the already defined framework conditions, with the counting of the votes after the election time ended at 6 p.m. The results were then investigated in a public meeting and should be announced for the entire community later.

Overall, the choice is seen in the context of the municipal elections in Germany, which guarantee the representation of the people through general, immediate and free elections. Anyone who lives in Germany and is a Union citizen is entitled to vote, and small voters must not be excluded from political will formation. The local elections are important because they offer the possibility of the citizens: inside, to have a say in the leadership of their communities.

election behavior in the focus

The turnout in local elections is usually below that of the state or federal elections, which is due to several local peculiarities. The voting behavior is often strongly material and project-oriented. This is also evident in Rheinstetten, where the citizens choose the content and people who represent their community.

For the citizens of Rheinstetten, it was an important step to find out about the choice and their candidates. The coming weeks will show how Jürgen Deck will fill his new role as the first deputy and which impulses he can set for the further development of the city. According to everyone, his work will enrich and advance the community.

More information about the election process and the results can be found on the websites of Rheinstetten and [the Ratsamt] (https://service.rheinstetten.de/lebenslagen/buerger-und-verwalter-sitz distribution). The Federal Center for Political Education also offers a comprehensive overview of the municipal elections in Germany at [bpb.de] (https://www.bpb.de/themen/politises-ssystem/wahlen-in-Deutschland/335658/kommunalahlen/).