Burghaun

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 42 '  N , 9 ° 44'  E
Basic data
State :	Hesse
Administrative region :	kassel
County :	Fulda
Height :	244 m above sea level NHN
Area :	65.05 km 2
Residents:	6364 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	98 inhabitants per km 2
Postcodes :	36151, 36166 (Sennhütte)
Primaries :	06652, 06653
License plate :	FD
Community key :	06 6 31 002
Address of the municipal administration:	Schloßstraße 15 36151 Burghaun
Website :	www.burghaun.de
Mayor :	Simon Sauerbier (independent)
Location of the municipality of Burghaun in the Fulda district

Burghaun is a market town in the eastern Hessian district of Fulda .

geography

The municipality of Burghaun and its districts are located in the middle of the Hessian Kuppenrhön, also known as the Hessian skittles - the northernmost part of the Hessian Rhön . When viewed from the air, the nine basalt cones form a rosette formation that gives the landscape its name with the “cone ball” - the stubble mountain. Geologically , Burghaun and the surrounding communities lie in a prehistoric inland sea , which can be seen in the various sediment formations on many hikes around Burghaun .

Burghaun is, as the name suggests, in the Haune valley - a tributary of the Fulda - and is characterized by its course.

Neighboring communities

Burghaun borders in the north on the communities Haunetal ( district of Hersfeld-Rotenburg ) and Eiterfeld , in the east and south on the city of Hünfeld and in the west on the city of Schlitz ( Vogelsbergkreis ).

structure

The entire municipality of Burghaun consists of the districts (and named districts )

• Core municipality Burghaun
• Grossenmoor ,
• Pits ,
• Hechelmann Churches ,
• Hünhan ,
• Long black ,
• Rothenkirchen ,
• Schlotzau and
• Steinbach .

There are also the hamlets of Klausmarbach, Mahlertshof and Hartmannshöhe, which have no status as districts.

history

Baroque churches seen from the Haune, with the castle walls still intact

The first documentary mention is dated to the year 1262, but the foundation is estimated to the 9th century. The Haune river gave the place its name. The local knights of Haune were in frequent feuds with the prince abbots of Fulda , which earned them the reputation of robber barons there.

Burghaun received partial town charter in the 14th century. The town of Burghaun consisted of the buildings of today's “Stadtstraße”, the Protestant church and the gatehouse, which was the only entrance through the city ​​wall . Today the wall only exists in small parts. The village consisted of the other houses and farms. Burghaun lost its town charter on February 23, 1854 by a decree of the Hessian government of the province of Fulda .

The northern part of the Fulda region has been shaped by the Reformation and Counter-Reformation to this day . The principle of cuius regio, eius religio (“the denomination of rule is also that of the subjects”) governed religious affiliation. This is particularly evident in the neighboring Burghaun churches.

According to a legend , the prince abbot of Fulda offered the Burghaun citizens, who at the time were mostly Protestant , to build a community barn on the site of the old castle "derer zu Haune". The Catholic Church later emerged from this building project. In truth, however, there was already a church in the castle area in the 14th century.

Incorporations

On December 31, 1971, the previously independent communities of Hünhan, Rothenkirchen and Steinbach were incorporated as part of the regional reform in Hesse . On February 1, 1971, the municipality of Gruben followed. On August 1, 1972, by virtue of state law, the newly formed Kiebitzgrund municipality was added on October 1, 1971 through the merger of the towns of Großenmoor, Hechelmannskirchen, Langenschwarz and Schlotzau .

politics

Community representation

The local elections on March 6, 2016 produced the following results, compared to previous local elections:

Distribution of seats in the municipal council 2016     A total of 31 seats SPD : 12 FDP : 4 CDU : 15	Parties and constituencies		% 2016	Seats 2016	% 2011	Seats 2011	% 2006	Seats 2006	% 2001	Seats 2001
	SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	38.6	12	43.7	14th	36.3	11	42.3	13
	CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	48.4	15th	36.0	11	44.0	14th	39.3	12
	FDP	Free Democratic Party	13.0	4th	10.3	3	10.3	3	7.8	3
	GREEN	Alliance 90 / The Greens	-	-	10.0	3	4.8	2	3.5	1
	CWE	Christian voter unity	-	-	-	-	4.6	1	7.2	2
	total		100.0	31	100.0	31	100.0	31	100.0	31
	Voter turnout in%		59.3		58.1		54.5		60.9

mayor

• since April 1, 2015: Simon Sauerbier (independent)
• 2014: Wolfgang Atzler (CDU) (died four weeks after his election after a traffic accident)
• 2002–2014: Alexander Hohmann (SPD)
• 1990–2002: Wolfgang Braun (SPD)
• 1984–1990: Dieter Schwarz (CDU)
• 1908–1930: Christian Adam Altstadt

In the mayoral election on June 29, 2014, the CDU candidate Wolfgang Atzler won with around 57 percent against the incumbent Alexander Hohmann with 43 percent of the votes. Atzler was supposed to take over the official business from November 2014, but died on July 25, 2014 as a result of a motorcycle accident.

Sponsorship

• 2014 of the inner-German friendship to the North Saxon Doberschütz a community partnership become the choral society against the male chorus in the unconventional flood relief of Hünhaner Lyra the Doberman guards hamlet Mörtitz during the flood of the century in 2002 began.
• In 1962 the sponsorship for the expelled Sudeten Germans from the municipality of Augezd in the district of Sternberg (Moravia) was taken over.
• In 1980, at the 700th anniversary in Burghaun, the twinning with the French community of Mertzwiller in Alsace was sealed.

coat of arms

The municipality of Burghaun in what was then the district of Hünfeld was approved by the Hessian Minister of the Interior on June 23, 1965, a coat of arms with the following blazon : “In gold, a rising black ram with a knocked-out red tongue under a green shield head and a continuous green left flank with a silver right-handed scythe are occupied ". After the merger of Burghaun and three neighboring municipalities of the new municipality of Burghaun, this coat of arms was re-approved in its unchanged form in 1973.

The coat of arms was designed by the heraldist Heinz Ritt from Bad Nauheim.

Culture and sights

re. Assumption of Mary, left ev. church, in front of it the gatehouse

Buildings

• The gatehouse was built around 1400 and is the oldest building in town. It was the only entrance to the city, which was surrounded by a wall.
• The Catholic Church of the Assumption of Mary was built in 1714. It contains an organ from the workshop of the Euler brothers from 1888, which was restored in 2007 by Orgelbau Waltershausen .
• The Protestant church from 1728 contains tombstones of the Lords of Haune lining the chancel.
• The castle and mansion (around 1620) are now the seat of the municipal administration and, together with the castle courtyard, form a beautiful backdrop for local events. The local history museum was housed in the manor house until 2011 .
• The Hölzerkopf house, built in 1845 with an ice cellar, is now the seat of the Burghauner Heimatmuseum, in which u. a. a replica of the Celtic sword of the "Warrior of Burghaun" is on display.
• The Burghaun hunting lodge , built in 1744, is now the seat of the forestry office .

Jewish Cemetery

The 9386 m² Jewish cemetery in Burghaun with 705 gravestones is located at the southern end of the Ringstrasse. From 1690 to 1941 it was also used as an association cemetery for the surrounding communities (Hünfeld, Mackenzell, Rothenkirchen, Steinbach). Around 1900 Burghaun had the second largest Jewish community in the old district of Hünfeld with 189 souls and a total of 1174 inhabitants.

• See also: Jewish cemetery (Burghaun)

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The municipality is connected to the supraregional road network by the federal highways B 27 and B 84 , which run through the municipality.

Burghaun also has a stop on the Bebra – Fulda railway line . The railway Hünfeld-Wenigentaft Mans Bach had from December 1 1906 to May 28, 1972 another station in Burghaun, the Ostbahnhof. The 27 km long skittles cycle path has been running on the route since 2007 .

The skittles cycle path near Burghaun

The Public transport is by the Rhine-Main Transport Association guarantees (RMV). The bus routes are operated by Überlandwerk Fulda AG (VGF, Verkehrsgesellschaft Fulda Bus GmbH). Two bus routes mainly provide the connection with Eiterfeld and Hünfeld.

education

In Burghaun there was an elementary school in the old town center . Their building was later converted into accommodation for asylum seekers. Around the year 2004 the building of the old elementary school was renovated by local associations with the support of the community and now serves as a "house of associations" for many associations as a new practice and club room. Right next to it is the kindergarten of the political community, the Protestant kindergarten is in the immediate vicinity of the palace garden. The Burghaun primary school , which is now called the Ritter von Haune primary school, replaced the elementary school in the 1970s. There is also another elementary school in the Steinbach district, the Matthäus School. There are no secondary schools in the municipality of Burghaun; Schoolchildren in the 5th and higher grades mostly attend the higher school types in Hünfeld , partly also in Fulda , Eiterfeld and Bad Hersfeld .

Sons and daughters of Burghaun

• Theodor Kretschmer (born November 26, 1901 - † December 5, 1986), major general in the Wehrmacht
• Ludwig Burkardt (born July 15, 1946 - † May 30, 2015), politician (CDU), city director in Goslar, member of the state parliament in Brandenburg
• Rolf Kemler (born February 13, 1945), developmental biologist, director at the Max Planck Institute for Immunobiology
• Henry Lomb (* November 24, 1828 - June 13, 1908), German-American optician, co-founder of Bausch & Lomb
• Wolf Christoph Schenk zu Schweinsberg (born September 26, 1653 - September 3, 1717), landowner, lieutenant general and inheritance in Hesse
• Josef Weber (born August 5, 1935), police officer, politician (CDU) and member of the state parliament in Hesse

Movies

• Tourism magazine Rhön in July 2019 - Burghaun. Video report, 1:12 min., TV Mainfranken , broadcast on July 9, 2019 ( online ).

literature

• Michael Mott : Churches on the floor of mysterious empty graves / Burghaun's landmarks, the two baroque churches, stand on historical ground / remains of the castle of those at Haun. In: Fuldaer Zeitung, October 12, 1995, p. 13 (series: DENK-mal!).
• 750 years - 1262–2012 - Burghaun a place with history. Published by the market town of Burghaun, Burghaun 2012.
• Literature about Burghaun in the Hessian Bibliography

Web links

Commons : Burghaun  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality of Burghaun
• Burghaun, district of Fulda. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
• Link catalog on Burghaun at curlie.org (formerly DMOZ )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hessian State Statistical Office: Population status on December 31, 2019 (districts and urban districts as well as municipalities, population figures based on the 2011 census) ( help ).
2. ↑ Main statute of the Burghaun community , cf. Section 5 Local Advisory Board p. 2 (with subdivision of the districts / local districts)
3. ^ Municipal reform: mergers and integration of municipalities from January 20, 1971 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1971 No. 6 , p. 248 , para. 27 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 6.2 MB ]).
4. ↑ Law on the reorganization of the districts of Fulda and Hünfeld and the city of Fulda (GVBl. II 330-14) of July 11, 1972 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1972 No. 17 , p. 220 , § 16 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1,2 MB ]).
5. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer GmbH, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 399 and 400 .
6. ^ Result of the municipal election on March 6, 2016. Hessian State Statistical Office, accessed in April 2016 . 
7. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 27, 2011
8. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 26, 2006
9. ↑ Fairness as well as open and honest handling reminded: Simon Sauerbier was introduced as the new mayor of the market town of Burghaun ( memento of the original from April 13, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at burghaun.softvision.de , accessed on April 13, 2015  
10. ↑ Burghaun and Doberschütz are expected to be partner communities from April 29, 2014 in the online edition of the Fuldaer Zeitung , accessed on April 13, 2015
11. ^ Approval of a coat of arms and a flag for the municipality of Burghaun in the district of Hünfeld, administrative district of Kassel from June 23, 1965 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1965 no. 28 , p. 799 , point 680 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 3.2 MB ]).
12. ^ Approval of a coat of arms and a flag for the municipality of Burghaun in the district of Hünfeld, administrative district of Kassel from March 16, 1973 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1973 No. 14 , p. 619 , point 680 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 5.9 MB ]).
13. ^ Orgelbau Waltershausen GmbH: Festschrift for the 20th company anniversary, 2011, p. 30
14. ↑ Burghaun Local History Museum
15. ^ Jewish history in Burghaun