Flieden

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.

In 1867 Flieden became a station at the railroad track Bebra–Hanau, in 1873 a setting-back track on the Landrücken has been accomplished, which connected Flieden to Frankfurt.

At the end of World War II about 1000 expellees from the former eastern territories of Germany settle in Flieden.

Statistics

Jahr	Einwohner	Anmerkungen
1000		14 Liden and 23 Dreitagsfröner
1512		3 settlers
1516		93 neighbours
1708	596
1791	2943	approx. later large-scale community
1983	7846	from now on a large-scale community
2004	8811
2005	8840
2006	8755