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 merg ...

in northwest

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Geography

Location

Haina lies in Waldeck-Frankenberg south of Frankenberg and east of 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, 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, in the southeast on the communities of Jesberg and Gilserberg (all three in the Schwalm-Eder-Kreis), in the south on the town of Gemünden, and in the west on the community of Burgwald 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 Sain ...

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 whic ...

in Haina is Hesse's most important

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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''. 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 o ...

all the way to the

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. In 1527, the monastery was shut down by Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse – known as Philip the Magnanimous – and turned into a state hospital. 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, dissociat ...

. In 1789, the Abbot of the Haina Monastery Friedrich von Stamford built the ''Stamfordscher Garten'' in Haina, and " English garden". 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 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 (♥ 1 March 1730, Haina - † 1 November 1804, Hanau), known as the Hanauer Tischbein, was a German painter * Johann Anton Tischbein (♥ 28 August 1720, Haina - † 26 July 1784, Hamburg) was a German painter and art teacher * Johann Heinrich Tischbein 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 * Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Younger (♥ 28 November 1742, Haina - † 22 December 1808, Kassel), was a German painter and engraver * Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein (♥ 15 February 1751, Haina – † 26 February 1829, Eutin), known as the Goethe Tischbein, was a German painter * Johann Jacob Tischbein (♥ 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