Burghaslach is a municipality

Municipalities of Germany

Municipalities are the lowest level of territorial division in Germany. This may be the fourth level of territorial division in Germany, apart from those states which include Regierungsbezirke , where municipalities then become the fifth level.-Overview:With more than 3,400,000 inhabitants, the...

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

Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim

Neustadt -Bad Windsheim is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Würzburg, Kitzingen, Bamberg, Erlangen-Höchstadt, Fürth and Ansbach, and by the state of Baden-Württemberg ....

 in Franconia

Franconia

Franconia is a region of Germany comprising the northern parts of the modern state of Bavaria, a small part of southern Thuringia, and a region in northeastern Baden-Württemberg called Tauberfranken...

 in Bavaria

Bavaria

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, Germany

Germany

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Geography

Neighbouring municipalities to Burghaslach are Geiselwind

Geiselwind

Geiselwind is a market town with 2323 inhabitants in Lower Franconia in the district of Kitzingen in Germany.Autotranslaters may render its name into English as "hostage wind". However, in this case, "Geisel" means a special form of a whip, not a hostage.-Geography:Geiselwind is today in the...

, Schlüsselfeld

Schlüsselfeld

Schlüsselfeld is a town on the southwestern edge of the Upper Franconian district of Bamberg-Geography:Schlüsselfeld lies 24 km southwest of Bamberg in the Steigerwald in the valley of the Reiche Ebrach, 299 m above sea level....

, Vestenbergsgreuth

Vestenbergsgreuth

Vestenbergsgreuth is a municipality in the district of Erlangen-Höchstadt, in Bavaria, Germany....

, Markt Taschendorf

Markt Taschendorf

Markt Taschendorf is a municipality in the district of Neustadt -Bad Windsheim in Bavaria in Germany....

, Scheinfeld

Scheinfeld

Scheinfeld is a town in the Neustadt -Bad Windsheim district, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated 14 km northwest of Neustadt , and 40 km east of Würzburg. Schloss Schwarzenberg is adjacent to the town. The town is home to an Adidas testing factory....

 and Oberscheinfeld

Oberscheinfeld

Oberscheinfeld is a municipality in the district of Neustadt -Bad Windsheim in Bavaria in Germany....

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Geographical Location

Burghaslach is between Würzburg

Würzburg

Würzburg is a city in the region of Franconia which lies in the northern tip of Bavaria, Germany. Located at the Main River, it is the capital of the Regierungsbezirk Lower Franconia. The regional dialect is Franconian....

 and Nürnberg. It is accessible by slip road 77 of the Bundesautobahn 3

Districts

The municipality is composed of 16 districts:

• Breitenlohe
  Breitenlohe
  Breitenlohe is a part of the city Burghaslach, Bavaria, Germany.-Castle:Well known is the castle from the 15th century. It was originally a moated castle, but the moat is dry. It has six towers, in two of them are staircases. It was built for the Earl of Hohenlohe in 1487. Before this building...
  
  
• 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

Kingdom of Bavaria

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Council

The membership of the council is distributed as follows:

	CSU/Free voters community	SPD/Free voters	Wählergemeinschaft Gleißenberg	Freie Gemeindeliste	GRÜNE Alliance '90/The Greens Alliance '90/The Greens is a green political party in Germany, formed from the merger of the German Green Party and Alliance 90 in 1993. Its leaders are Claudia Roth and Cem Özdemir...	Total
2002	5	3	1	5	-	14 seats
2008	6	3	1	4	-	14 seats

Traffic

The market is near the Bundesautobahn 3 Würzburg

Würzburg

Würzburg is a city in the region of Franconia which lies in the northern tip of Bavaria, Germany. Located at the Main River, it is the capital of the Regierungsbezirk Lower Franconia. The regional dialect is Franconian....

 - Nürnberg slip road 77 Schlüsselfeld.

The ADAC

ADAC

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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.