Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Nuremberg excluding northwestern parts.

The constituency was first represented by Walter Sassnick [de] of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1949 to 1957.

Georg Stiller [de] of the Christian Social Union (CSU) won it in 1957 and served one term.

Peter Wilhelm Höffkes [de] of the CSU won the constituency in 1983 and was representative until 1990, followed by Renate Blank from 1990 to 1998.

Horst Schmidbauer of the SPD was elected in 1998 and held0 the constituency until 2002, when former member Blank regained it for the CSU.

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.

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