Fluorn-Winzeln is a municipality in the district of Rottweil, in

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Geography

Geographical location

Fluorn-Winzeln is located on the eastern edge of the

Black Forest The Black Forest (german: Schwarzwald ) is a large forested mountain range in the state of Baden-Württemberg in southwest Germany, bounded by the Rhine Valley to the west and south and close to the borders with France and Switzerland. It is t ...

on the Neckar Valley, about six kilometers west of Oberndorf am Neckar at an altitude of 649 m above sea level.

Neighboring communities

The municipality is bordering to the north to the Alpirsbach district Peterzell in the district of

Freudenstadt Freudenstadt (Swabian: ''Fraidestadt'') is a town in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is capital of the district Freudenstadt. The closest population centres are Offenburg to the west (approx. 36 km away) and Tübingen to the eas ...

, in the east to the Oberdorfer district Beffendorf, on the south to the Schramberg district Waldmössingen and in the west to

Aichhalden Aichhalden is a municipality in the district of Rottweil, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Geography Geographical location Aichhalden is located in the east of the Black Forest. Its around 640 to 720 meters above sea level. It borders on Sch ...

Municipality arrangement

The municipality Fluorn-Winzeln consists of the previously independent municipalities Fluorn and Winzeln.

History

Archaeological findings suggest that in Roman times a brickyard was in Winzeln forest.Ulrich Brandl und Emmi Federhofer: ''Ton + Technik. Römische Ziegel.'' Theiss, Stuttgart 2010, (''Schriften des Limesmuseums Aalen.'' Nr. 61) In 1099 Fluorn is first mentioned in a document of the

Alpirsbach Abbey Alpirsbach Abbey (''Kloster Alpirsbach'') is a former Benedictine monastery and later Protestant seminary located at Alpirsbach in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The monastery was established in the late 11th century and possessed considerable free ...

. On November 1, 1972, the two villages Fluorn and Winzeln closed together and merged to Fluorn-Winzeln.

Politics

The community belongs to the Agreed Management Board of the City Oberndorf am Neckar. On 30 January 2022 Rainer Betschner was elected mayor. He succeeded Bernhard Tjaden, who had been in office since 2005.

Partnerships

Fluorn-Winzeln maintains partnerships with

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in Lower Austria and to the hamlet Obercarsdorf of the town

Dippoldiswalde Dippoldiswalde ( Saxon: ''Dipps'') is a town in Saxony, Germany, part of the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district. It is situated 23 km east of Freiberg, and 18 km south of Dresden. The town is situated on the Weisseritz railway, ...

Saxony Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...

Sports

There are two football clubs, the VFL Fluorn and the SV Winzeln.

Education

In the district Fluorn there is a primary school with

Werkrealschule Werkrealschule is a relatively young branch of German secondary education (e.g. in Baden-Württemberg), which offers pupils additional lessons in grades 8 and 9 and allows them to qualify after ten years with a final exam which is equal to graduatio ...

, the primary school in the district Winzeln was closed in summer 2015. All secondary schools are available in the nearby cities of Oberndorf am Neckar, Aichhalden,

Schramberg Schramberg is a town in the district of Rottweil, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated in the eastern Black Forest, 25 km northwest of Rottweil. With all of its districts (Talstadt, Sulgen, Waldmössingen, Heiligenbronn, Schönbron ...

Dunningen Dunningen ( Swabian: ''Dunninga'') is a town in the district of Rottweil, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Dunningen Geography Dunningen is located at the centre of the administrative district of Rottweil in the south western part of Bad ...

and Rottweil.

Sons and daughters of the city

* Reiner Trik (born 1963), ringer

References

{{Authority control Rottweil (district)