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Pinneberg in Schleswig-Holstein.
Here in constituency 007, the SPD and CDU traditionally fight head to head every four years for the favor of the voters and a mandate from the Bundestag - so far nothing special.
But the somewhat sleepy district just outside Hamburg comes into focus with every federal election - because it is unique.
Fabian Pieper, DER SPIEGEL
»Pinneberg is considered to be the oracle constituency of Germany, because the party that wins the Bundestag election here has always provided the Federal Chancellor since 1953, that is for 68 years, and I would now like to know from the Pinnebergers whether they have one Explanation for have.
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"Oh."
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Do you have an explanation for?
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"No."
"So so."
"I can't think of anything."
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And were you always right?
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“Yes, actually.
Actually yes, actually yes. "
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Are the Pinnebergers political people?
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"No - "
"Yes, yes, I do."
"I don't think so."
"Conceivable, I don't know."
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And are the Pinnebergers political people?
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"Oh yeah."
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Yes?
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"Otherwise I wouldn't have lasted here for so long."
So far there is only agreement on one thing: Pinnebergers are ...
"Special."
"Special."
"They are just the Pinnebergers in particular."
"They either like you or they don't like you."
“Pinnebergers are north Germans, they are different people than when you are in south Germany.
We're a bit hotter around the corner. "
"There are a lot of old people here, you have to say, there are few young people and they tend to vote for the CDU."
But even the election campaigners of that CDU disagree on how the people here tick:
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Is the Pinneberger rather conservative?"
"Yes."
"No."
“Yes, I mean: yes.
Not all, but ... "
"Not seen that way, so I don't believe it at that point."
Angela Merkel ruled Germany for 16 years, and of course the CDU candidate also won constituency 007 for 16 years.
Do you believe in a CDU Chancellor again, despite the not exactly brilliant polls for Armin Laschet?
"Yes, I'm sure of that."
"I do not know that yet."
With so much disagreement, we'd rather ask elsewhere.
This man wants to change that only the CDU and SPD have made it to the top of the government so far: Jens Herrndorff, candidate of the Greens, in the house election campaign.
For the first time he is running in a federal election and hopes to be the first Green to conquer the constituency of Pinneberg and, as an oracle-secured result, the Chancellery with his party.
Do you really have to become superstitious as a Pinneberg politician per se?
Jens Herrndorf, B´90 / The Greens candidate for the Bundestag
»(Laughs) No, you won't be given that. Although, that is an interesting point, maybe we should include that in our new member training that you have a special responsibility here in this group. "
The chances for the Greens are not that bad, after all, they won in the Pinneberg constituency in the last European elections in 2019, just ahead of the CDU and far ahead of the SPD - despite weak polls in advance.
How strong is the pressure to have to win in order for Annalena Baerbock to become Chancellor?
Jens Herrndorff, B´90 / The Greens candidate for the Bundestag
“Fortunately, the pressure is not on me alone, luckily I share this pressure with a great many members in the circle. Oh, I don't want to call it pressure, I just want it too. This is important."
But the Pinnebergers still have a say in the matter.
"I don't think the Greens win."
"I hope the SPD wins."
"SPD."
"SPD."
"Olaf Scholz."
The oracle judgment seems clear at first glance.
But in the end the SPD shouldn't rely on that completely.
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Who do you think will win the election?
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“To be honest: I have no idea.
I consider everyone to be incapable. "