Burghaslach

Burghaslach
Burghaslach
	Coat of arms
	Location of Burghaslach within Neustadt a.d.Aisch-Bad Windsheim district
	Burghaslach Burghaslach
	Coordinates: 49°43′N 10°35′E
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Mittelfranken
District	Neustadt a.d.Aisch-Bad Windsheim
Subdivisions	13 districts
Government
• Mayor	Armin Luther
Area
• Total	44.02 km2 (17.00 sq mi)
Elevation	296 m (971 ft)
Population (2019-12-31)[1]
• Total	2,583
• Density	59/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	96152
Dialling codes	09552
Vehicle registration	NEA
Website	www.burghaslach.de

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

Geography

Easter-decorated market fountain of Burghaslach, in the background St. Ägidius's Church

Burghaslach's marketplace on which stands the St Ägidius's Church

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.

Council

The membership of the council is distributed as follows:

	CSU/Free voters community	SPD/Free voters	Wählergemeinschaft Gleißenberg	Freie Gemeindeliste	GRÜNE	Total
2002	5	3	1	5	-	14 seats
2008	6	3	1	4	-	14 seats

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

"Tabellenblatt "Daten 2", Statistischer Bericht A1200C 202041 Einwohnerzahlen der Gemeinden, Kreise und Regierungsbezirke". Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung (in German). July 2020.

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[1] "Tabellenblatt "Daten 2", Statistischer Bericht A1200C 202041 Einwohnerzahlen der Gemeinden, Kreise und Regierungsbezirke". Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung (in German). July 2020.