Flöha is a town in the district of Mittelsachsen in Saxony, Germany, at the confluence of two rivers about six miles east of Chemnitz, with 10,183 residents as of the end of 2024. During the Second World War the town held a subcamp of the Flossenbürg concentration camp. In 2011 the neighboring municipality of Falkenau was incorporated into Flöha, and the town retains rail connections to Dresden, Chemnitz and Freiberg.
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Founding Year Founding Year Climate Zone Sources
1. Flöha (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)Quote, P1082 (population)
population 10,218 (2025)
2. Wikipedia (German): Flöha
Wikipedia (German)Source text, founding-year-range-start: 1399
Die urkundliche Ersterwähnung erfolgte im Jahre 1399, als ein „Johannes pharer zcu der Flaw“ in einer Chemnitzer Urkunde genannt wurde.
Source text, founding-year-range-end: 1399
Die urkundliche Ersterwähnung erfolgte im Jahre 1399, als ein „Johannes pharer zcu der Flaw“ in einer Chemnitzer Urkunde genannt wurde.
Source text, founding-year: 1399
Die urkundliche Ersterwähnung erfolgte im Jahre 1399, als ein „Johannes pharer zcu der Flaw“ in einer Chemnitzer Urkunde genannt wurde.
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 50.75, 13.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 50.75, 13.25
50.75 13.25 Cfb
4. GeoNames: Flöha - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2926147, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)Quote, cities500 record 2926147, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
50.85613 13.07407 P PPL DE 13 00 14522 14522140 11143 273 Europe/Berlin
Flöha (Wikipedia)
- In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
On Continent: Europe, Lead paragraph names Germany; continent follows from the atlas record for Germany
pronunciation: [ˈfløːa] ) is a town in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany
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