diff --git a/libsrc/core/CMakeLists.txt b/libsrc/core/CMakeLists.txt
index bf4b0bff..7eefdacb 100644
--- a/libsrc/core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libsrc/core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ add_library(ngcore SHARED
   utils.cpp
   )
 
+if(USE_PYTHON)
+  target_sources(ngcore PRIVATE python_ngcore.cpp)
+endif(USE_PYTHON)
+
 target_compile_definitions(ngcore PRIVATE NGCORE_EXPORTS)
 if(NOT WIN32)
   target_compile_options(ngcore PRIVATE -fvisibility=hidden)
@@ -53,7 +57,7 @@ if(ENABLE_CPP_CORE_GUIDELINES_CHECK)
 endif(ENABLE_CPP_CORE_GUIDELINES_CHECK)
 
 if(USE_PYTHON)
-  pybind11_add_module(pyngcore SHARED python_ngcore.cpp)
+  pybind11_add_module(pyngcore SHARED python_ngcore_export.cpp)
   target_link_libraries(pyngcore PUBLIC ngcore ${PYTHON_LIBRARIES})
   set_target_properties(pyngcore PROPERTIES INSTALL_RPATH "${NG_RPATH_TOKEN}/${NETGEN_PYTHON_RPATH}")
   install(TARGETS pyngcore DESTINATION ${NG_INSTALL_DIR_PYTHON} COMPONENT netgen)
diff --git a/libsrc/core/python_ngcore.cpp b/libsrc/core/python_ngcore.cpp
index 47c16740..a0810ca6 100644
--- a/libsrc/core/python_ngcore.cpp
+++ b/libsrc/core/python_ngcore.cpp
@@ -1,30 +1,119 @@
-
 #include <pybind11/pybind11.h>
 
+#include "python_ngcore.hpp"
+
+#include "array.hpp"
+#include "flags.hpp"
 #include "logging.hpp"
 
 namespace py = pybind11;
-using namespace ngcore;
+using std::string;
 
-PYBIND11_MODULE(pyngcore, m) // NOLINT
+namespace ngcore
 {
-  py::enum_<level::level_enum>(m, "LOG_LEVEL", "Logging level")
-    .value("Trace", level::trace)
-    .value("Debug", level::debug)
-    .value("Info", level::info)
-    .value("Warn", level::warn)
-    .value("Error", level::err)
-    .value("Critical", level::critical)
-    .value("Off", level::off);
 
-  m.def("SetLoggingLevel", &SetLoggingLevel, py::arg("level"), py::arg("logger")="",
-        "Set logging level, if name is given only to the specific logger, else set the global logging level");
-  m.def("AddFileSink", &AddFileSink, py::arg("filename"), py::arg("level"), py::arg("logger")="",
-        "Add File sink, either only to logger specified or globally to all loggers");
-  m.def("AddConsoleSink", &AddConsoleSink, py::arg("level"), py::arg("logger")="",
-        "Add console output for specific logger or all if none given");
-  m.def("ClearLoggingSinks", &ClearLoggingSinks, py::arg("logger")="",
-        "Clear sinks of specific logger, or all if none given");
-  m.def("FlushOnLoggingLevel", &FlushOnLoggingLevel, py::arg("level"), py::arg("logger")="",
-        "Flush every message with level at least `level` for specific logger or all loggers if none given.");
-}
+  void SetFlag(Flags &flags, string s, py::object value) 
+  {
+    if (py::isinstance<py::dict>(value))
+      {             
+        py::dict vdd(value);
+        // call recursively to set dictionary
+        for (auto item : vdd) {
+          string name = item.first.cast<string>();
+          py::object val = py::reinterpret_borrow<py::object>(item.second);
+          SetFlag(flags, name, val);
+        }
+        return;
+      }
+
+    if (py::isinstance<py::bool_>(value))
+      flags.SetFlag(s, value.cast<bool>());
+
+    if (py::isinstance<py::float_>(value))
+      flags.SetFlag(s, value.cast<double>());
+
+    if (py::isinstance<py::int_>(value))
+      flags.SetFlag(s, double(value.cast<int>()));
+
+    if (py::isinstance<py::str>(value))
+      flags.SetFlag(s, value.cast<string>());
+
+    if (py::isinstance<py::list>(value))
+      {             
+        py::list vdl(value);
+        if (py::len(vdl) > 0)
+          {
+            if(py::isinstance<double>(vdl[0]))
+              flags.SetFlag(s, makeCArray<double>(vdl));
+            if(py::isinstance<py::str>(vdl[0]))
+              flags.SetFlag(s, makeCArray<string>(vdl));
+          }
+        else
+          {
+            Array<string> dummystr;
+            Array<double> dummydbl;
+            flags.SetFlag(s,dummystr);
+            flags.SetFlag(s,dummydbl);
+          }
+      }
+
+    if (py::isinstance<py::tuple>(value))
+      {
+        py::tuple vdt(value);
+        if (py::isinstance<py::float_>(value))
+          flags.SetFlag(s, makeCArray<double>(vdt));
+        if (py::isinstance<py::int_>(value))
+          flags.SetFlag(s, makeCArray<double>(vdt));
+        if (py::isinstance<py::str>(value))
+          flags.SetFlag(s, makeCArray<string>(vdt));
+      }
+  }
+
+  Flags CreateFlagsFromKwArgs(py::object pyclass, const py::kwargs& kwargs, py::list info)
+  {
+    static std::shared_ptr<Logger> logger = GetLogger("Flags");
+    auto flags_doc = pyclass.attr("__flags_doc__")();
+    py::dict flags_dict;
+
+    if (kwargs.contains("flags"))
+      {
+        logger->warn("WARNING: using flags as kwarg is deprecated in {}, use the flag arguments as kwargs instead!",
+                     std::string(py::str(pyclass)));
+        auto addflags = py::cast<py::dict>(kwargs["flags"]);
+        for (auto item : addflags)
+          flags_dict[item.first.cast<string>().c_str()] = item.second;
+      }
+    for (auto item : kwargs)
+      if (!flags_doc.contains(item.first.cast<string>().c_str()) &&
+          !(item.first.cast<string>() == "flags"))
+        logger->warn("WARNING: kwarg '{}' is an undocumented flags option for class {}, maybe there is a typo?",
+                     item.first.cast<string>(), std::string(py::str(pyclass)));
+
+    py::dict special;
+    if(py::hasattr(pyclass,"__special_treated_flags__"))
+      special = pyclass.attr("__special_treated_flags__")();
+    for (auto item : kwargs)
+      {
+        auto name = item.first.cast<string>();
+        if (name != "flags")
+          {
+            if(!special.contains(name.c_str()))
+              flags_dict[name.c_str()] = item.second;
+          }
+      }
+
+    auto flags = py::cast<Flags>(flags_dict);
+
+    for (auto item : kwargs)
+      {
+        auto name = item.first.cast<string>();
+        if (name != "flags")
+          {
+            if(special.contains(name.c_str()))
+              special[name.c_str()](item.second, &flags, info);
+          }
+      }
+    return flags;
+  }
+
+} // namespace ngcore
diff --git a/libsrc/core/python_ngcore.hpp b/libsrc/core/python_ngcore.hpp
index 07f348c7..9c283589 100644
--- a/libsrc/core/python_ngcore.hpp
+++ b/libsrc/core/python_ngcore.hpp
@@ -3,11 +3,37 @@
 
 #include <pybind11/pybind11.h>
 
+#include "array.hpp"
 #include "archive.hpp"
-
+#include "flags.hpp"
+#include "ngcore_api.hpp"
 
 namespace ngcore
 {
+  namespace py = pybind11;
+
+  template<typename T>
+  Array<T> makeCArray(const py::object& obj)
+  {
+    Array<T> arr;
+    arr.SetAllocSize(py::len(obj));
+    if(py::isinstance<py::list>(obj))
+      for(auto& val : py::cast<py::list>(obj))
+        arr.Append(py::cast<T>(val));
+    else if(py::isinstance<py::tuple>(obj))
+      for(auto& val : py::cast<py::tuple>(obj))
+        arr.Append(py::cast<T>(val));
+    else
+      throw py::type_error("Cannot convert Python object to C Array");
+    return arr;
+  }
+  
+  void NGCORE_API SetFlag(Flags &flags, std::string s, py::object value);
+  // Parse python kwargs to flags
+  Flags NGCORE_API CreateFlagsFromKwArgs(py::object pyclass, const py::kwargs& kwargs, py::list info = py::list());
+
+  // ***************  Archiving functionality  **************
+  
     template<typename T>
     Archive& Archive :: Shallow(T& val)
     {
diff --git a/libsrc/core/python_ngcore_export.cpp b/libsrc/core/python_ngcore_export.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..90dbf72f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libsrc/core/python_ngcore_export.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+
+#include "python_ngcore.hpp"
+
+using namespace ngcore;
+using namespace std;
+
+PYBIND11_MODULE(pyngcore, m) // NOLINT
+{
+  py::class_<Flags>(m, "Flags")
+    .def(py::init<>())
+    .def("__str__", &ToString<Flags>)
+    .def(py::init([](py::object & obj) {
+          Flags flags;
+          py::dict d(obj);          
+          SetFlag (flags, "", d);
+          return flags;
+        }), py::arg("obj"), "Create Flags by given object")
+    .def(py::pickle([] (const Flags& self)
+        {
+          std::stringstream str;
+          self.SaveFlags(str);
+          return py::make_tuple(py::cast(str.str()));
+        },
+        [] (py::tuple state)
+        {
+          string s = state[0].cast<string>();
+          std::stringstream str(s);
+          Flags flags;
+          flags.LoadFlags(str);
+          return flags;
+        }
+    ))
+    .def("Set",[](Flags & self,const py::dict & aflags)->Flags&
+    {      
+      SetFlag(self, "", aflags);
+      return self;
+    }, py::arg("aflag"), "Set the flags by given dict")
+
+    .def("Set",[](Flags & self, const char * akey, const py::object & value)->Flags&
+    {             
+        SetFlag(self, akey, value);
+        return self;
+    }, py::arg("akey"), py::arg("value"), "Set flag by given value.")
+
+    .def("__getitem__", [](Flags & self, const string& name) -> py::object {
+
+	  if(self.NumListFlagDefined(name))
+	    return py::cast(self.GetNumListFlag(name));
+
+	  if(self.StringListFlagDefined(name))
+	    return py::cast(self.GetStringListFlag(name));
+	 
+	  if(self.NumFlagDefined(name))
+	    return py::cast(*self.GetNumFlagPtr(name));
+	  
+	  if(self.StringFlagDefined(name))
+	    return py::cast(self.GetStringFlag(name));
+
+	  if(self.FlagsFlagDefined(name))
+	    return py::cast(self.GetFlagsFlag(name));
+
+	  return py::cast(self.GetDefineFlag(name));
+      }, py::arg("name"), "Return flag by given name")
+  ;
+  py::implicitly_convertible<py::dict, Flags>();
+
+  
+  py::enum_<level::level_enum>(m, "LOG_LEVEL", "Logging level")
+    .value("Trace", level::trace)
+    .value("Debug", level::debug)
+    .value("Info", level::info)
+    .value("Warn", level::warn)
+    .value("Error", level::err)
+    .value("Critical", level::critical)
+    .value("Off", level::off);
+
+  m.def("SetLoggingLevel", &SetLoggingLevel, py::arg("level"), py::arg("logger")="",
+        "Set logging level, if name is given only to the specific logger, else set the global logging level");
+  m.def("AddFileSink", &AddFileSink, py::arg("filename"), py::arg("level"), py::arg("logger")="",
+        "Add File sink, either only to logger specified or globally to all loggers");
+  m.def("AddConsoleSink", &AddConsoleSink, py::arg("level"), py::arg("logger")="",
+        "Add console output for specific logger or all if none given");
+  m.def("ClearLoggingSinks", &ClearLoggingSinks, py::arg("logger")="",
+        "Clear sinks of specific logger, or all if none given");
+  m.def("FlushOnLoggingLevel", &FlushOnLoggingLevel, py::arg("level"), py::arg("logger")="",
+        "Flush every message with level at least `level` for specific logger or all loggers if none given.");
+}