Flein () is a municipality in the district of

Heilbronn Heilbronn () is a List of cities and towns in Germany, city in northern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, surrounded by Heilbronn (district), Heilbronn District. From the late Middle Ages on, it developed into an important trading centre. At the begi ...

in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany.

Geography

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

in the south.

Neighbouring municipalities

Neighbouring towns and municipalities of Flein are (clockwise from north-west): ''

'' ( Stadtkreis),

Untergruppenbach Untergruppenbach () is a Municipalities of Germany, municipality near Heilbronn, a city in the northern half of the Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg. There are a total of 7,600 inhabitants living in six villages that form the municip ...

and Talheim (both in the district of Heilbronn). Flein has combined with Talheim to form a joint association of administrations.

Population

*1648: 250 *1800: 800 *1900: 1,600 *2005: 6,535

Politics

District council

Elections in 2014: *Free voters: 8 seats *CDU/Bürgerliste: 5 seats *SPD: 5 seats No difference to year 2009. The mayor is also a member of the district council and its chairman.

Mayor

On June 24, 2007, there were mayoral elections; the incumbent, Jürgen Schmid did not stand for re-election after 16 years in office. Since there was no absolute majority after the first election a run off was necessary. On July 15, 2007. Alexander Krüger was elected as mayor for an eight-year term with 63.9% of the votes. He started on August 15, 2007.

Coat of arms and flag

The colours of the coats of arms were laid down in 1938 by the head archive of Württemberg. In the same year, the Nazi

NSDAP The Nazi Party, officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party ( or NSDAP), was a far-right political party in Germany active between 1920 and 1945 that created and supported the ideology of Nazism. Its precursor, the German Workers ...

party Heilbronn suggested to accept another arms without a religious meaning. The archive direction suggested a blazon containing an arms ''In a split sign in blue a head of a lion, behind in gold a blue grape with two vine leaves''. However, in June 1939 the NSDAP stated that it was of minor importance and not to hurry the change. So Flein remained with its previous coat of arms and confirmed this decision in 1956. This decision was confirmed on January 11, 1957, by the ministry of the interior of Baden-Württemberg. In the same year local artist Hans Epple created a drawing used by the municipality today (see illustration).Heinz Bardua: ''Die Kreis- und Gemeindewappen im Regierungsbezirk Stuttgart''. Theiss, Stuttgart 1987, (Kreis- und Gemeindewappen in Baden-Württemberg, 1). p. 64
Eberhard Gönner: ''Wappenbuch des Stadt- und des Landkreises Heilbronn mit einer Territorialgeschichte dieses Raumes''. archive direction Stuttgart, Stuttgart 1965 (Veröffentlichungen der Staatlichen Archivverwaltung Baden-Württemberg, 9). p. 78
Ernst Clement: ''Das Wappen der Gemeinde Flein''. In: Peter Wanner (Hrsg.): ''Flein, Flein, du edler Fleck''. Gemeinde Flein, Flein 1988. p. 13f.

Twin municipalities

Twin municipalities of Flein are * Onzain in the French

Département In the administrative divisions of France, the department (, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level (" territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes. There are a total of 101 ...

Loir-et-Cher Loir-et-Cher (, ) is a Departments of France, department in the Centre-Val de Loire Regions of France, region of France. It is named after two rivers which run through it, the Loir in its northern part and the Cher (river), Cher in its southern p ...

(since March 1990) * Steinthaleben in the

Kyffhäuserkreis The Kyffhäuserkreis is a district in the northern part of Thuringia, Germany. Neighboring districts are the districts Mansfeld-Südharz, Saalekreis and Burgenlandkreis in Saxony-Anhalt, and the districts Sömmerda, Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis and E ...

Thuringia Thuringia (; officially the Free State of Thuringia, ) is one of Germany, Germany's 16 States of Germany, states. With 2.1 million people, it is 12th-largest by population, and with 16,171 square kilometers, it is 11th-largest in area. Er ...

(since June 1991)

References

External links

www.flein.de
(in German) {{Authority control Heilbronn (district)