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{{short description|Hill range in Germany}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name=Fläming
| map=
| map_size=250
| photo=Preussnitz_Rummel1_Steile_Kieten.JPG
| photo_size=250
| photo_caption=Periglacial arroyo ''Steile Kieten'' near Belzig
| country= Germany
| subdivision1_type= States
| subdivision1= {{enum|[[Brandenburg]]|[[Saxony-Anhalt]]}}
| geology= glacial [[sediment]]
| orogeny=[[Pleistocene]]
| highest=Hagelberg
| elevation_ft=659
}}
The '''Fläming Heath'''<ref>{{Dickinson's Germany}}</ref><ref name="Elkins" /> ({{IPA|de|ˈflɛːmɪŋ|-|De-Fläming.ogg}}) is a region and hill chain that reaches over 100&nbsp;km from the [[Elbe]] river to the [[Dahme River]] in the German states [[Saxony-Anhalt]] and [[Brandenburg]]. Its highest elevation is the Hagelberg (201 m). The name Fläming originates from the 12th century, when [[Flemish people|Flemish colonists]] came to settle in the region from the overcrowded cities of [[Flanders]].

The Fläming Heath is a rural area, which benefits from its proximity to the [[Berlin]] metropolitan area. Tourism became an important economic sector. With its three nature parks ([[High Fläming Nature Park]], [[Fläming Nature Park]], and Nuthe-Nieplitz Nature Park), the focus is on walking, cycling and recreation in nature. Another tourist attraction is Flaeming-Skate, which is one of the longest inline-skating tracks in Europe (190&nbsp;km).

The towns [[Ziesar]], [[Bad Belzig]], [[Niemegk]], [[Treuenbrietzen]], [[Jüterbog]], [[Baruth/Mark]], [[Dahme/Mark]], [[Wittenberg]], [[Loburg]], [[Möckern]], and [[Zerbst]], as well as the municipalities [[Wiesenburg (Mark)]] and [[Rabenstein/Fläming]], are situated in or at the border of the Fläming Heath.

== References==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name="Elkins">{{cite book
|last=Elkins
|first=T. H.
|year=1972
|title=Germany
|publisher=Chatto & Windus
|location=London
|edition=3rd
|isbn=0-7010-0087-2
}}</ref>
}}

== External links ==
{{Commons|Naturpark Hoher Fläming|High Fläming Nature Park}}
{{Commons|Naturpark Fläming|Fläming Nature Park}}
{{Commons|Flaeming-Skate}}
* [http://www.flaeming-skate.de/en/home.php Flaeming-Skate official website ]

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[[Category:Fläming Heath| ]]
[[Category:Hill ranges of Germany]]
[[Category:Regions of Brandenburg]]
[[Category:Regions of Saxony-Anhalt]]
[[Category:Teltow-Fläming]]
[[Category:North German Plain]]


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