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Frankfurt / Main (dpa / lhe) - New city leaders wanted: In five larger municipalities in Hesse, next Sunday (March 14), in addition to the municipal and direct elections of mayors.

Citizens in Hanau, Fulda, Bad Homburg, Marburg and Wetzlar are called to vote.

There is once a duel for the town hall post - in Marburg there is even a nine-man battle.

FULDA: In the East Hessian city of Fulda, the 47-year-old CDU Lord Mayor Heiko Wingenfeld is running for a second term.

He has only one challenger: the 46-year-old lawyer Jonathan Wulff, who competes for the SPD.

BAD HOMBURG: Four OB candidates are running in the Hochtaunus district - including the incumbent town hall chief Alexander Hetjes (CDU).

If re-elected, it would be the 41-year-old's second term.

His rivals are the 60-year-old economist Armin Johnert from the Bad Homburg citizens' list (BLB), SPD man and lawyer Thomas Kreuder (60) and the 35-year-old sociologist Alexander Unrath from the Greens.

Around 46,000 citizens can vote on the new mayor.

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HANAU: The mayor of Hanau, who has been in office since 2003, Claus Kaminsky (SPD), also wants to defend his executive chair in the town hall of the Brothers Grimm City.

The 61-year-old faces six rivals.

Competing against him: CDU candidate and team leader Jens Böhringer (35), the 49-year-old marketing manager Anja Zeller (Greens), left-wing candidate and qualified social worker Jochen Dohn (48) and the 40-year-old parliamentary speaker Meysam Ehtemai (AfD).

The 77-year-old chemist Gerhard Stehlik and the actor Sven Zinserling (54) enter the race as independent candidates.

Around 67,000 people from Hanau are entitled to vote.

WETZLAR: In the central Hessian city there is also a heptathlon for the town hall.

The 61-year-old incumbent Manfred Wagner (SPD) would like to be elected for the second time.

His challengers are: the 33-year-old teacher Michael Hundertmark (CDU), FDP candidate and graduate physicist Christoph Wehrenfennig (40), the 54-year-old businessman Thomas Hantusch from the right-wing extremist NPD, the state parliament member Hermann Schaus (65) for the left , AfD candidate and office manager Lothar Mulch (59) and the 37-year-old author Dominic Harapat from the satirical party The Party.

Around 39,800 citizens can vote on Sunday.

MARBURG: In the university town, nine candidates from smaller parties or groups threw their hats into the ring.

The 58-year-old Mayor Thomas Spies (SPD) is fighting for a second term in office.

Also wanting to go to the town hall: Dirk Bamberger (CDU, 48), member of the state parliament, 41-year-old judge Nadine Bernshausen (Greens), 76-year-old journalist Renate Bastian (left) and 51-year-old senior teacher Michael Selinka (FDP).

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The clerk Andrea Suntheim-Pichler (55) competes for the citizens of Marburg (BfM), the self-employed Jounes Erojo (43) for Marburg24 (MR-24), the software developer Frank Michler (44) for the citizen list Further thinking (WDMR) and the 20-year-old student Mariele Diehl for the climate list.

Around 58,000 Marburg residents can decide who moves into the town hall.

If the necessary majority is not achieved, the voters in the five cities will vote on the new OB in a runoff election.

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