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: 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, in office since 2014 and re-elected in 2020.
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.
Notable people
Simon Guckenheimer (1830–1900), merchant
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