Haina (Kloster) is a municipality in

Waldeck-Frankenberg Waldeck-Frankenberg is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the north of Hesse, Germany. Neighbouring districts are Höxter, Kassel, Schwalm-Eder, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Hochsauerland. History The district was created in 1972 by merging t ...

in northwest

Hesse Hesse (, , ) or Hessia (, ; german: Hessen ), officially the State of Hessen (german: links=no, Land Hessen), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt. Two other major histor ...

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Geography

Location

Haina lies in Waldeck-Frankenberg south of Frankenberg and east of

Burgwald Burgwald is a municipality in Waldeck-Frankenberg in Hesse, Germany. Geography Location Burgwald lies east of Battenberg and roughly 30 km north of the university town of Marburg. The community lies on the northwestern edge of the Burgwald ...

at the southwest slope of the

Kellerwald The Kellerwald is a low mountain range reaching heights of up to 675 m in the western part of northern Hesse, Germany. Its assets include Germany's largest contiguous beech woodland and it contains Hesse's only national park, the Kellerwald-Edersee ...

range. It lies on the river Wohra not far west of the Hohes Lohr (the Kellerwald range's second highest peak at 657 m).

Neighbouring communities

Haina borders in the northwest on the town of

Frankenau Frankenau () is a small town in Waldeck-Frankenberg district in Hesse, Germany. Geography Location Frankenau lies in the Kellerwald range southwest of the Talgang (566 m-high mountain). It is found on the southern edge of the Kellerwald-Eder ...

, in the northeast on the town of

Bad Wildungen Bad Wildungen is a state-run spa and a small town in Waldeck-Frankenberg district in Hesse, Germany. It is located on the German Timber-Frame Road. Geography Location Bad Wildungen lies in the eastern foothills of the Kellerwald range in the so ...

(both in Waldeck-Frankenberg), in the east on the community of

Bad Zwesten Bad Zwesten is a municipality in the Schwalm-Eder district of Hesse, Germany. Geography Location Bad Zwesten lies about 8 km southeast of Bad Wildungen on the river Schwalm, which belongs to the Eder watershed. North of the community begi ...

, in the southeast on the communities of

Jesberg Jesberg is a municipality in the Schwalm-Eder district in Hesse, Germany. Geography Location Jesberg lies from 210 to 675 m high in the Gilsa river valley east-southeast of the Wüstegarten, which at 675 m above sea level is both the Kellerw ...

and

Gilserberg Gilserberg is a municipality in the Schwalm-Eder district in Hesse, Germany. Geography Location Gilserberg lies at the foot of the Kellerwald, a low mountain range, nestled in the Kurhessen Highland on Federal Highway (''Bundesstraße'') B 3 ...

(all three in the

Schwalm-Eder-Kreis Schwalm-Eder-Kreis is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the north of Hesse, Germany. Neighbouring districts are Kassel, Werra-Meißner, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Vogelsberg, Marburg-Biedenkopf, and Waldeck-Frankenberg. History In 1821 districts were created ...

), in the south on the town of Gemünden, and in the west on the community of

and the town of Frankenberg (all three in Waldeck-Frankenberg).

Constituent communities

Haina consists of the following 12 centres: Altenhaina, Battenhausen, Bockendorf, Dodenhausen, Haddenberg, Haina (administrative seat), Halgehausen, Hüttenrode, Löhlbach, Mohnhausen, Oberholzhausen and Römershausen.

History

The former

Cistercian The Cistercians, () officially the Order of Cistercians ( la, (Sacer) Ordo Cisterciensis, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist), are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Saint ...

monastery A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone (hermits). A monastery generally includes a place reserved for prayer which ...

in Haina is Hesse's most important

Gothic Gothic or Gothics may refer to: People and languages *Goths or Gothic people, the ethnonym of a group of East Germanic tribes **Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths **Crimean Gothic, the Gothic language spoken b ...

building works. Haina Monastery was built by

monk A monk (, from el, μοναχός, ''monachos'', "single, solitary" via Latin ) is a person who practices religious asceticism by monastic living, either alone or with any number of other monks. A monk may be a person who decides to dedica ...

s from the Altenberg Monastery in the ''

Bergisches Land The Bergisches Land (, ''Berg Country'') is a low mountain range region within the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, east of Rhine river, south of the Ruhr. The landscape is shaped by woods, meadows, rivers and creeks and contains over ...

''. In 1188, they had moved to the Aulesburg (castle) near Löhlbach, and thirty years later they moved again, this time to Haina. Through donations, buying and exchanges, the Haina Cistercians earned themselves a rich estate, from the

Weser The Weser () is a river of Lower Saxony in north-west Germany. It begins at Hannoversch Münden through the confluence of the Werra and Fulda. It passes through the Hanseatic city of Bremen. Its mouth is further north against the ports of Bre ...

all the way to the

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. In 1527, the monastery was shut down by

Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse (13 November 1504 – 31 March 1567), nicknamed (in English: "the Magnanimous"), was a German nobleman and champion of the Protestant Reformation, notable for being one of the most important of the early Protestan ...

– known as Philip the Magnanimous – and turned into a state

hospital A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment with specialized health science and auxiliary healthcare staff and medical equipment. The best-known type of hospital is the general hospital, which typically has an emerge ...

. The Monastery Church, built between 1215 and 1330, is the earliest Gothic building in Germany. The former monastery nowadays houses a

psychiatric hospital Psychiatric hospitals, also known as mental health hospitals, behavioral health hospitals, are hospitals or wards specializing in the treatment of severe mental disorders, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, eating disorders, dissociative ...

. In 1789, the Abbot of the Haina Monastery Friedrich von Stamford built the ''Stamfordscher Garten'' in Haina, and "

English garden The English landscape garden, also called English landscape park or simply the English garden (french: Jardin à l'anglaise, it, Giardino all'inglese, german: Englischer Landschaftsgarten, pt, Jardim inglês, es, Jardín inglés), is a sty ...

". Klosterkirche Haina vom Innenhof.jpg Kloster Haina, Kapitelsaalflügel.jpg Kloster Haina, Kreuzgang.jpg, Cloister Klosterkirche Haina, Innenansicht.jpg, Inside of abbey

Politics

Municipal council

Haina's council is made up of 23 councillors, with seats apportioned thus, in accordance with municipal elections held on 15 June 2016 The

SPD The Social Democratic Party of Germany (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, ; SPD, ) is a centre-left social democratic political party in Germany. It is one of the major parties of contemporary Germany. Saskia Esken has been the ...

won the Municipal Election making Alexander Köhler the new Mayor : Note: Bürgergemeinschaft Großgemeinde Haina, Freie Bürgerschaft Löhlbach and Unabhängige Bürger Dodenhausen im Kellerwald are all citizens' coalitions.

Sons and daughters of the town

Anton Wilhelm Tischbein Anton Wilhelm Tischbein, known as the ''Hanauer Tischbein'' (1 March 1730, Haina - 1 November 1804, Hanau) was a German painter from the Tischbein family of artists. Biography His father was a baker. His four older brothers were all painters, ...

(♥ 1 March 1730, Haina - † 1 November 1804, Hanau), known as the Hanauer Tischbein, was a German painter *

Johann Anton Tischbein Johann Anton Tischbein (28 August 1720, Haina - 26 July 1784, Hamburg) was a German painter and art teacher from the Tischbein family of artists. Biography He was the fourth son of the baker, Johann Heinrich Tischbein (1682-1784), five of whos ...

(♥ 28 August 1720, Haina - † 26 July 1784, Hamburg) was a German painter and art teacher *

Johann Heinrich Tischbein Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder, known as the Kasseler Tischbein, (3 October 1722, Haina – 22 August 1789, Kassel) was one of the most respected European painters in the 18th century and an important member of the Tischbein family of Ger ...

the Elder, (♥ 3 October 1722, Haina – † 22 August 1789, Kassel), known as the Kasseler Tischbein, was one of the most respected European painters in the 18th century *

the Younger (♥ 28 November 1742, Haina - † 22 December 1808, Kassel), was a German painter and engraver *

Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, known as the ''Goethe Tischbein'' (15 February 1751 in Haina – 26 February 1829 in Eutin), was a German painter from the Tischbein family of artists. Biography Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein was born on 15 ...

(♥ 15 February 1751, Haina – † 26 February 1829, Eutin), known as the Goethe Tischbein, was a German painter *

Johann Jacob Tischbein Johann Jacob Tischbein, known as the ''Lübecker Tischbein'' (21 February 1725, Haina – 22/23 August 1791, Lübeck), was a German painter from the Tischbein family of artists. Biography He was the sixth son of Johann Heinrich Tischbein (1682-1 ...

(♥ 21 February 1725, Haina – † 22/23 August 1791, Lübeck), known as the Lübecker Tischbein, was a German painter

Reinhard Schenck zu Schweinsberg

Kloster Haina - Grabmal Reinhard Schenck zu Schweinsberg.jpg, Gravestone Reinhard Schenck zu Schweinsberg at ''Kloster'' Haina Kloster Haina - Infotafel Reinhard Schenck zu Schweinsberg.jpg, Information panel at Gravestone (in German)

Johann Klauer zu Wohra

Kloster Haina - Grabmal Johann Klauer zu Wohra.jpg, Gravestone Johann Klauer zu Wohra at ''Kloster'' Haina Kloster Haina - Infotafel Johann Klauer zu Wohra.jpg, Information panel at Gravestone (in German)

Museums

*Psychiatry museum *Tischbeinhaus

References

External links

Parish homepage with virtual monastery tourHaina
* {{Authority control Waldeck-Frankenberg