Burghaslach is a

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

and a market town in the district of Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim in

Franconia Franconia ( ; ; ) is a geographical region of Germany, characterised by its culture and East Franconian dialect (). Franconia is made up of the three (governmental districts) of Lower Franconia, Lower, Middle Franconia, Middle and Upper Franco ...

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Geography

Neighbouring municipalities to Burghaslach are

Geiselwind Geiselwind is a market town in Lower Franconia (Bavaria) in the district of Kitzingen in Germany. It has a population of around 2,300. Geography Location Geiselwind is today in the region of Lower Franconia (Würzburg). Until administrative refor ...

, Schlüsselfeld, 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 hom ...

and Oberscheinfeld.

Geographical Location

Burghaslach is between

Würzburg Würzburg (; Main-Franconian: ) is, after Nuremberg and Fürth, the Franconia#Towns and cities, third-largest city in Franconia located in the north of Bavaria. Würzburg is the administrative seat of the Regierungsbezirk Lower Franconia. It sp ...

and

Nürnberg Nuremberg (, ; ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the largest city in Franconia, the second-largest city in the German state of Bavaria, and its 544,414 (2023) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest city in Germany. ...

. 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 ( ; ; spelled ''Baiern'' until 1825) was a German state that succeeded the former Electorate of Bavaria in 1806 and continued to exist until 1918. With the unification of Germany into the German Empire in 1871, the kingd ...

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

slip road 77 Schlüsselfeld. The

ADAC The ADAC, officially the Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club (), is Europe's largest automobile association. The ADAC is the largest wikt:Verein, ''verein'' (club) in Germany, with around 21 million members. Its headquarters are located i ...

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

{{Authority control Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim