Burghaslach

Burghaslach
Coat of arms of Burghaslach Coat of arms
Burghaslach
Location of Burghaslach within Neustadt a.d.Aisch-Bad Windsheim district 250px
Coordinates:
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Mittelfranken
District	Neustadt a.d.Aisch-Bad Windsheim
Government
• Mayor	Armin Luther
Area
• Total	44.02 km2 (17.00 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)
• Total	2,502
• Density	57/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
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

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

File:Burghaslach marketplace.jpg

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.