Flehe is a part of
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in the state after Cologne and the List of cities in Germany with more than 100,000 inhabitants, seventh-largest city ...
, Germany, that lies directly on the river
Rhine
The Rhine ( ) is one of the List of rivers of Europe, major rivers in Europe. The river begins in the Swiss canton of Graubünden in the southeastern Swiss Alps. It forms part of the Swiss-Liechtenstein border, then part of the Austria–Swit ...
and is bordered by
Volmerswerth
Volmerswerth is a ''Stadtteil'' (quarter) in western Düsseldorf, Borough 3, by the river Rhine. It borders the quarters Hamm, Bilk and Flehe. It has an area of , and 2,336 inhabitants (2020).
Despite increasing urbanisation, the rural envir ...
,
Himmelgeist and
Bilk. It is part of
Borough 3. It has an area of ,
and 2,759 inhabitants (2020).
The name ''Flehe'' probably comes from the
Central German
Central German or Middle German () is a group of High German languages spoken from the Rhineland in the west to the former eastern territories of Germany.
Central German divides into two subgroups, West Central German and East Central Ger ...
(''Mitteldeutsch'') word ''flet'' meaning a stream.
Flehe became a part of Düsseldorf in 1384, and was first mentioned in documentary records in 1402.
Flehe is a small and relatively sparsely populated part of Düsseldorf. The area from the center of Flehe to the Rhine has a more village-like rather than metropolitan character.
A filtration plant in Flehe purifies water from the Rhine for use as domestic drinking water.
Image:Fleher Schule.JPG, Elementary School of Flehe
Image:Fleher Kirche.JPG, Roman Catholic Church Mater dolerosa
Image:Düsseldorf, Aachener Platz 2.jpg, Tram Station Aachner Platz
Image:Düsseldorf, Aachener Platz 1.jpg, Between Bilk and Flehe (Aachner Platz)
References
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Urban districts and boroughs of Düsseldorf