Burghaslach is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

and a market town in the district of

Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim (German: Landkreis Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim, official Landkreis Neustadt a.d.Aisch-Bad Windsheim) is a ''Landkreis'' (district) in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the distr ...

Franconia Franconia (german: Franken, ; Franconian dialect: ''Franggn'' ; bar, Frankn) is a region of Germany, characterised by its culture and Franconian languages, Franconian dialect (German: ''Fränkisch''). The three Regierungsbezirk, administrative ...

Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...

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Geography

Burghaslach market fountain, easter-decorated

Neighbouring municipalities to Burghaslach are Geiselwind,

Schlüsselfeld Schlüsselfeld is a town on the southwestern edge of the Upper Franconian district (Landkreis) of Bamberg Geography Schlüsselfeld lies 24 km southwest of Bamberg in the Steigerwald (forest) in the valley of the Reiche Ebrach, 299 m abo ...

, Vestenbergsgreuth, Markt Taschendorf,

Scheinfeld Scheinfeld is a town in the Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim district, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated 14 km northwest of Neustadt (Aisch), and 40 km east of Würzburg. Schloss Schwarzenberg is adjacent to the town. The town is home ...

and Oberscheinfeld.

Geographical Location

Burghaslach is between

Würzburg Würzburg (; Main-Franconian: ) is a city in the region of Franconia in the north of the German state of Bavaria. Würzburg is the administrative seat of the ''Regierungsbezirk'' Lower Franconia. It spans the banks of the Main River. Würzburg ...

and Nürnberg. It is accessible by slip road 77 of the

Bundesautobahn 3 is an autobahn in Germany running from the Germany-Netherlands border near Wesel in the northwest to the Germany-Austria border near Passau. Major cities along its total length of 778 km (483 mi) include Oberhausen, Duisburg, Düsse ...

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 The Kingdom of Bavaria (german: Königreich Bayern; ; spelled ''Baiern'' until 1825) was a German state that succeeded the former Electorate of Bavaria in 1805 and continued to exist until 1918. With the unification of Germany into the German ...

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

- Nürnberg slip road 77 Schlüsselfeld. The

ADAC ADAC, officially the Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club (), is Europe's largest motoring association. ADAC is the largest club (Verein) in Germany with around 21 million members. It would be more aptly described today as an individual mo ...

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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