It is located in southern Schleswig-Holstein, comprising the city of Lübeck and parts of the Herzogtum Lauenburg district.

In the 1949 and 1953 elections, it covered the entirety of the city of Lübeck with the exception of voting districts 28, 30–33, 35–42, 52–55, 57–59, 140–143, and 151–161).

The constituency was won by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in 1953, and represented by Paul Bock (until 1957) and Helmut Wendelborn.

It was won by the SPD in 1969, and represented by future Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein Björn Engholm until 1983.

It was held by Claudia Schmidtke of the CDU for one term before SPD candidate Tim Klüssendorf regained it in 2021.

Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.

Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.