Winzeln

Sister cities

• Obercarsdorf
• Schönau an der Triesting

History

Archaeological findings suggest that in Roman times a brickyard was in Winzeln forest. 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.

Geography

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

Most-observed species

• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  368
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  348
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  323
• Common Chaffinch

  Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  310
• European Robin

  Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  281
• Eurasian Magpie

  Pica pica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  270
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  252
• Silver-washed Fritillary

  Argynnis paphia (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  228

Most recent

• M 3.5 — 2024-06-27
  1 km SSW of Todtmoos, Germany
• M 3.4 — 2022-10-16
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• M 4 — 2022-07-09
  2 km NNE of Grosselfingen, Germany
• M 4.1 — 2021-06-26
  2 km SE of Hœrdt, France
• M 3.1 — 2018-05-04
  2 km W of Schliengen, Germany
• M 3.6 — 2009-05-05
  2 km NNW of Steinen, Germany