Fleinhausen is a village of the municipality of
Dinkelscherben
Dinkelscherben is a municipality in the district of Augsburg in Bavaria in Germany.
Fleinhausen Fleinhausen is a village of the municipality of Dinkelscherben in the western part of the Bavarian district of Augsburg in Germany.
Located on the w ...
in the western part of the
Bavaria
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n district of
Augsburg
Augsburg (; bar , Augschburg , links=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swabian_German , label=Swabian German, , ) is a city in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, around west of Bavarian capital Munich. It is a university town and regional seat of the ' ...
in
Germany
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Located on the western bank of the
Zusam River, Fleinhausen is approximately 1.5 miles northwest of Dinkelscherben. Along with the nearby village of Grünenbaindt, has approximately 360 inhabitants.
Notable residents
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Julius Streicher
Julius Streicher (12 February 1885 – 16 October 1946) was a member of the Nazi Party, the ''Gauleiter'' (regional leader) of Franconia and a member of the '' Reichstag'', the national legislature. He was the founder and publisher of the virul ...
(1885-1946), prominent Nazi prior to World War II, founder and publisher of anti-Semitic ''
Der Stürmer
''Der Stürmer'' (, literally "The Stormer / Attacker / Striker") was a weekly German tabloid-format newspaper published from 1923 to the end of the Second World War by Julius Streicher, the ''Gauleiter'' of Franconia, with brief suspensions ...
'' newspaper, executed for war crimes
External links
Fleinhausen Website with Twitter FeedDinkelscherben website
Augsburg (district)
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