Fluorn-Winzeln is a municipality in the district of Rottweil, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Fluorn-Winzeln
Coat of arms of Fluorn-Winzeln
Location of Fluorn-Winzeln within Rottweil district
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Fluorn-Winzeln is located in Germany
Fluorn-Winzeln
Fluorn-Winzeln
Fluorn-Winzeln is located in Baden-Württemberg
Fluorn-Winzeln
Fluorn-Winzeln
Coordinates: 48°17′53″N 08°29′27″E / 48.29806°N 8.49083°E / 48.29806; 8.49083
CountryGermany
StateBaden-Württemberg
Admin. regionFreiburg
DistrictRottweil
Government
 • Mayor (2022–30) Rainer Betschner[1]
Area
 • Total
24.59 km2 (9.49 sq mi)
Elevation
649 m (2,129 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total
3,171
 • Density130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
78737
Dialling codes07402
Vehicle registrationRW
Websitewww.fluorn-winzeln.de

Geography

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Geographical location

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Fluorn-Winzeln is located on the eastern edge of the Black Forest on the Neckar Valley, about six kilometers west of Oberndorf am Neckar at an altitude of 649 m above sea level.

Neighboring communities

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The municipality is bordering to the north to the Alpirsbach district Peterzell in the district of Freudenstadt, in the east to the Oberdorfer district Beffendorf, on the south to the Schramberg district Waldmössingen and in the west to Aichhalden.

 
Fluorn-Winzeln in Rottweil district

Municipality arrangement

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The municipality Fluorn-Winzeln consists of the previously independent municipalities Fluorn and Winzeln.[3]

History

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Archaeological findings suggest that in Roman times a brickyard was in Winzeln forest.[4] In 1099 Fluorn is first mentioned in a document of the Alpirsbach Abbey. On November 1, 1972, the two villages Fluorn and Winzeln closed together and merged to Fluorn-Winzeln.

Politics

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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.[1]

Partnerships

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Fluorn-Winzeln maintains partnerships with Schönau an der Triesting in Lower Austria and to the hamlet Obercarsdorf of the town Dippoldiswalde in Saxony.

Sports

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

Education

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In the district Fluorn there is a primary school with Werkrealschule, the primary school in the district Winzeln was closed in the summer of 2015. All secondary schools are available in the nearby cities of Oberndorf am Neckar, Aichhalden, Schramberg, Dunningen and Rottweil.

Sons and daughters of the city

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  • Reiner Trik (born 1963), ringer.

References

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  1. ^ a b Bürgermeisterwahl 2022, Staatsanzeiger, accessed 3 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2022" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2022] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2023.
  3. ^ Das Land Baden-Württemberg. Amtliche Beschreibung nach Kreisen und Gemeinden. Band VI: Regierungsbezirk Freiburg Kohlhammer Verlag, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-17-007174-2. S. 481–482
  4. ^ Ulrich Brandl und Emmi Federhofer: Ton + Technik. Römische Ziegel. Theiss, Stuttgart 2010, ISBN 978-3-8062-2403-0 (Schriften des Limesmuseums Aalen. Nr. 61)