Burghaslach

Burghaslach is a Municipalities of Germany, municipality and a market town in the district of Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim in Franconia in Bavaria, Germany.

Geography

Neighbouring municipalities to Burghaslach are Geiselwind, Schlüsselfeld, Vestenbergsgreuth, Markt Taschendorf, Scheinfeld and Oberscheinfeld.

Geographical Location

Burghaslach is between Würzburg and Nürnberg. It is accessible by slip road 77 of the Bundesautobahn 3

Districts

The municipality is composed of 16 districts:
* Breitenlohe
* Buchbach
* Buchmühle
* Burghaslach
* Burghöchstadt
* Freihaslach
* Fürstenforst
* Gleißenberg
* Hardhof
* Kirchrimbach
* Münchhof
* Niederndorf
* Oberrimbach
* Rosenbirkach
* Seitenbuch
* Unterrimbach

Placename

The name ''Burghaslach'' is derived from the German ''Burg'' what means castle and Haslach, a local river.

History

Burghaslach was independent from 1136.

In 1806, Burghaslach became a part of the Kingdom of Bavaria.

Politic

The mayor of Burghaslach is Armin Luther, in office since 2014 and re-elected in 2020.

Council

The membership of the council is distributed as follows:

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

The market is near the Bundesautobahn 3 Würzburg - Nürnberg slip road 77 Schlüsselfeld.

The ADAC declared the truck stop at Burghaslach as the winner of the 2008 European Service Area Competition. The truck stop was rated "very good" in five of nine categories. Among a total of 65 checked service areas in Germany, Austria, Italy, France and Switzerland the truck stop at Burghaslach came in first.

References

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Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim