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Wolmirstedt votes: Mike Steffens becomes the new mayor!
On September 8, 2025, Mike Steffens was elected as the new mayor of Wolmirstedt, supported by a voters' association.
Wolmirstedt votes: Mike Steffens becomes the new mayor!
On Sunday, September 8th, 2025, Wolmirstedt elected a new mayor. The independent Mike Steffens can look forward to a clear victory: with 54.4 percent of the vote, he beat Mathias Knispel from the AfD, who received 36.2 percent, and Steffen Steinhagen from the SPD with 9.4 percent. This powerful victory not only brings a breath of fresh air to the city, but also marks the end of an era, as the previous incumbent, Marlies Cassuhn, is retiring after seven years.
Mike Steffens, who participates in a municipal voters' association, will officially move into the town hall on December 6, 2025 and take over the business. Wolmirstedt has around 12,000 residents and is currently facing some challenges. A particularly controversial topic is the planned large battery storage system to compensate for the fluctuations caused by renewable energies. This could become a key concern for the new mayor.
A man of music
Aside from his political career, Mike Steffens has also made a name for himself as an entrepreneur in the music scene. With his event agency “AS Events GmbH” he significantly shaped the German pop and folk music landscape. Under his leadership, successful tours such as “Always on Sundays” took place in collaboration with Hainich Concerts. Steffens was also responsible for the management of artists such as Maximilian Arland, formerly known as Maxi Arland. The singer Anna-Carina Woitschack was also briefly under contract with him.
The mayoral election in Wolmirstedt was part of a larger election scenario in Saxony-Anhalt, where elections took place in a total of eleven cities and municipalities on the same day. While most places held the first round of voting, a runoff election was scheduled for the municipality of Osternienburger Land. The mayor was also elected in Bitterfeld-Wolfen, with incumbent Armin Schenk from the CDU running for re-election. This shows that the political landscape in Saxony-Anhalt remains dynamic, even after the first AfD mayor was recently elected in Raguhn-Jeßnitz.
In summary, it can be said that Wolmirstedt is getting a new, fresh breath of air in the political arena with Mike Steffens. The coming months will show how he can bring his experience from the music industry into local politics and what priorities he will set when he takes office. The city's citizens are excited to see how things will develop.