Flieden

Flieden
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Flieden
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Kassel
District	Fulda
Subdivisions	9 districts
Government
• Mayor	Winfried Kreß (SPD)
Area
• Total	49.65 km2 (19.17 sq mi)
Highest elevation	508 m (1,667 ft)
Lowest elevation	280 m (920 ft)
Population  (2006-12-31)
• Total	8,755
• Density	180/km2 (460/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	36103
Dialling codes	0 66 55
Vehicle registration	FD
Website	www.flieden.de

Flieden is a municipality in the district of Fulda, in Hesse, Germany. As of a long tradition it is called a “Königreich” (Kingdom). Therefore it may show a crown in its coat of arms.

Geography

Flieden is located in a valley north west of the Landrücken between the Vogelsberg and the Rhön. The area is of low mountain range with the highest elevations Knöschen near Buchenrod (509 m) and the Storker Küppel near Oberstork (470 m). At the very center of Flieden the creeks Magdloser Wasser und Kautzer Wasser merge into the Fliede River which later flows into the Fulda River.

In the north Flieden borders Neuhof and in the east Kalbach both in the district of Fulda. In the south and west Flieden borders Schlüchtern and Steinau an der Straße (Main-Kinzig-Kreis).

Besides the main locality Flieden consists of the districts Berishof, Buchenrod, Döngesmühle, Federwisch, Fuldaische Höfe, Höf und Haid, Katzenberg, Kautz, Kellerei, Keutzelbuch, Langenau, Laugendorf, Leimenhof, Magdlos, Rückers, Schweben, Stork (Ober- and Unterstork), Storker Hof, Struth and Weinberg.

History

In 806 Flieden was first mentioned as “Mark Flieden” in a deed of donation to the monastery of Fulda.

In the middleages Flieden was located at the Via Regia from Frankfurt am Main to Leipzig which was a very important country and military road in the Holy Roman Empire.