Flehe is a borough of Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...

. It les directly at the river Rhine, neighbouring to Volmerswerth

Düsseldorf-Volmerswerth

Volmerswerth is a borough in western Düsseldorf, District 3, by the river Rhine. It borders the boroughs Hamm, Bilk and Flehe.Its area is 2.17 km²....

, Himmelgeist

Düsseldorf-Himmelgeist

Himmelgeist is an old part of Düsseldorf, which is dominated by agriculture until today.Himmelgeist lies by the river Rhine, neighbouring to Flehe and Itter.It is a small suburb of Düsseldorf.Himguis was mentioned first time in a document of 904....

 and Bilk

Düsseldorf-Bilk

Bilk, Oberbilk and Unterbilk are parts of Düsseldorf and together with Hamm, Flehe and Volmerswerth they constitute City District 3, which is the most populated district of Düsseldorf with 105,281 inhabitants....

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The name Flehe comes from the middle-age German word flet for stream or flee for "near the stream". Flehr became a part of Düsseldorf in 1384, but it was mentioned first time in 1402.

Although Flehe is a part of Düsseldorf, it has a structure dominated by agriculture. Only next to Bilk it looks like a part of a city or more like a part of a town, Flehe seems to be like a village.

The water works of Düsseldorf are in Flehe.
This article is based on a translation from the German Wikipedia.