Burghaslach Explained

Image Coa:Wappen Burghaslach.svg
Coordinates:49.7167°N 45°W
Image Plan:Burghaslach in NEA.svg
State:Bayern
Region:Mittelfranken
District:Neustadt a.d.Aisch-Bad Windsheim
Elevation:296
Area:44.02
Postal Code:96152
Area Code:09552
Licence:NEA
Gemeindeschlüssel:09 5 75 116
Divisions:13 districts
Website:www.burghaslach.de
Mayor:Armin Luther[1]
Leader Term:2020 - 26

Burghaslach is a 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:

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.[1]

Council

The membership of the council is distributed as follows:

CSU/Free voters community SPD/Free voters Wählergemeinschaft Gleißenberg Freie Gemeindeliste 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.

Notes and References

  1. https://www.statistik.bayern.de/wahlen/kommunalwahlen/bgm/ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden