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Flein

Flein
Flein Karmeliterhaeuschen 20050918.jpg
Coat of arms of Flein
Coat of arms
Flein   is located in Germany
Flein
Flein
Coordinates: 49°6′N 9°13′E / 49.100°N 9.217°E / 49.100; 9.217Coordinates: 49°6′N 9°13′E / 49.100°N 9.217°E / 49.100; 9.217
Country Germany
State Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region Stuttgart
District Heilbronn
Municipal assoc. Flein-Talheim
Government
 • Mayor Alexander Krüger
Area
 • Total 8.47 km2 (3.27 sq mi)
Elevation 212 m (696 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
 • Total 6,918
 • Density 820/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 74223
Dialling codes 07131
Vehicle registration HN
Website www.flein.de

About this sound Flein  is a municipality in the district of Heilbronn in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany.

Flein is situated in the south of the district of Heilbronn and directly borders on Heilbronn in the south.

Neighbouring towns and municipalities of Flein are (clockwise from north-west): Heilbronn (Stadtkreis), Untergruppenbach and Talheim (both in the district of Heilbronn). Flein has combined with Talheim to form a joint association of administrations.

The communal land of Flein already was settled during the linear pottery culture of the neolithic. The village was first mentioned in 1188 within an imperial document as Flina. The name presumably comes from the Old High German term flins respectively the Middle High German vlins, meaning something like "pebble" or "hard stone".

In 1385 the free imperial city Heilbronn bought the village from the Lords of Sturmfeder. During the German Peasants' War many insurgent farmers of the region assembled in Flein around of their head Jäcklein Rohrbach. Like most of Germany, Flein suffered great damage during the Thirty Years' War.


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