In Pfaffenweiler, Lukas Mahler, 25, won the mayoral election. Jürgen Leichtle becomes the new mayor of Lauterbach.
The municipality of Pfaffenweiler in the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district elected a new mayor on the first ballot. With over 60 percent of the vote, 25-year-old Lukas Mahler won Sunday’s election against his two competitors. City councilor Isabel Wendt received almost 25 percent of the vote, Dennis Heiland from Freiburg about 14 percent. The mayor in office, Dieter Hahn, did not show up. Voter turnout was nearly 70 percent.