Haina (monastery)

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	Coordinates: 51 ° 2 ′  N , 8 ° 58 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Hesse
Administrative region :	kassel
County :	Waldeck-Frankenberg
Height :	337 m above sea level NHN
Area :	91.28 km 2
Residents:	3444 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	38 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	35114
Primaries :	06456, 06455 (Löhlbach), 06458 (Oberholzhausen)
License plate :	KB, FKB, WA
Community key :	06 6 35 013
Address of the municipal administration:	Poststrasse 4 35114 Haina (monastery)
Website :	www.haina.de
Mayor :	Alexander Koehler ( SPD )
Location of the community of Haina (monastery) in the Waldeck-Frankenberg district

Haina (monastery) is a municipality in the Waldeck-Frankenberg district in northern Hesse .

geography

location

Haina (monastery) is located in the Waldeck-Frankenberg district south of Frankenberg and east of the Burgwald on the southwest slope of the Kellerwald . It is located on the Wohra not far west of the Hohen Lohr .

Neighboring communities

Haina (monastery) borders in the northwest on the city of Frankenau , in the northeast on the city of Bad Wildungen (both in the Waldeck-Frankenberg district), in the east on the municipality of Bad Zwesten , in the southeast on the municipalities of Jesberg and Gilserberg (all three in the Schwalm- Eder district ), to the south to the city of Gemünden , and to the west to the municipality of Burgwald and the city of Frankenberg (all three in the Waldeck-Frankenberg district).

Community structure

The community consists of twelve districts: Altenhaina with Kirschgarten , Battenhausen , Bockendorf , Dodenhausen , Haddenberg , Haina (district - seat of the municipal administration), Halgehausen , Hüttenrode , Löhlbach , Mohnhausen , Oberholzhausen and Römershausen .

history

Memorial of the euthanasia victims in the forest cemetery of the community of Haina (monastery) with the inscription: “ In memory of the helpless sick who died here during the National Socialist period 1933–1945. Her death is a warning and an obligation for us. "

The former Cistercian monastery in Haina is one of the most important Gothic monastery complexes in Hesse. Haina Monastery was built by monks from Altenberg Monastery in the Bergisches Land. In 1144 they had settled on the Aulesburg near Löhlbach and 70 years later they had moved to Haina.

The Haina Cistercians acquired rich property through donations, purchases and exchanges, from the Weser to the Main. In 1527 the monastery was closed by Landgrave Philipp von Hessen and converted into a state hospital. In the former monastery there is now a psychiatric hospital and psychiatry museum . 1789 built the headmaster of the institution, Friedrich von Stamford, the Stamford garden .

On November 15, 1928, the Haina Manor was dissolved and converted to the Haina rural community.

Haina State Hospital

The State Hospital Haina, formerly a Cistercian monastery, was secularized in 1527 and abolished by the letter of foundation of Landgrave Philip the Generous on August 26, 1533. It was set up as a hospital for the poor, sick, infirm, and idiots of the male sex.

Around 1863 it was under the government of Marburg and was monitored by the sovereign commissioner , government assessor Lotz. With the oversight of the business as head supervisor, the born. Rath Wilhelm Schenck zu Schweinsberg. The secretary was Friedrich Quentin, hospital and surgeon Heinrich Amelung, kitchen master Adolph Köth, inspector Ludwig Schindehütte, hospital rent master Johannes Köfe, riding forester Wilhelm Stahl (zu Löhlbach) and Georg Heinrich Möller (zu Dodenau), district forester Georg Carl von Stiernberg (to Rosenthal) and Carl Engelhard was entrusted with the supervision of hospital construction.

The following people also worked in the State Hospital: Lutheran Pastor Christian Fett (zu Haina), Reformed Pastor Julius Iffland (zu Gemünden), lecturer Julius Heinrich Gnatz (zu Haina), organist and cantor was at the same time candidate August Hamel.

Territorial reform

As part of the regional reform in Hesse , the municipalities of Altenhaina, Bockendorf, Halgehausen and Mohnhausen were incorporated into the municipality of Haina / Kloster on July 1, 1971, and Hüttenrode and Oberholzhausen followed on the same date. On December 31, 1971, Battenhausen, Löhlbach and Römershausen were added. Dodenhausen and Haddenberg followed on July 1, 1972. Local districts with local advisory councils and local councilors were set up for all formerly independent communities . The district of Haina / Kloster was designated as the administrative seat of what is now the municipality of Haina (monastery).

coat of arms

The coat of arms of the municipality of Haina (monastery) shows a shield divided by red and silver in two rows of oblique left-hand bars, above a silver, gold-trimmed abbot's miter, below in silver a green oak break with three leaves and two acorns.

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 23 seats SPD : 7 BGH : 5 FBL : 7 UBD : 4	Parties and constituencies		% 2016	Seats 2016	% 2011	Seats 2011	% 2006	Seats 2006	% 2001	Seats 2001
	SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	32.7	7th	36.5	8th	36.4	8th	36.0	8th
	BGH	Citizens' community of the large community of Haina	21.7	5	26.2	6th	25.9	6th	22.9	5
	FBL	Free citizenship of Löhlbach	29.1	7th	24.2	6th	25.8	6th	29.1	7th
	UBD	Independent citizens of Dodenhausen im Kellerwald	16.5	4th	13.1	3	12.0	3	12.0	3
	total		100.0	23	100.0	23	100.0	23	100.0	23
	Voter turnout in%		51.8		54.5		54.0		64.7

Tischbein's birthplace

Museums

• Psychiatry Museum
• Tischbeinhaus

Personalities born in the community of Haina

• Helius Eobanus Hessus (1488–1540), Protestant humanist and poet
• Johann Valentin Tischbein (1715–1768), court painter, portrait and theater painter
• Johann Anton Tischbein (1720–1784), painter and art teacher
• Johann Jacob Tischbein (1725–1791), painter, Lübeck Tischbein
• Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder (1722–1789), painter, Kasseler Tischbein
• Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein (1751–1829), painter - called " Goethe-Tischbein "
• Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Younger (1742–1808), engraver
• Ludwig Philipp Strack (1761–1836), painter

literature

• Magnus Backes : Handbook of German Art Monuments. Hessen , 2nd edition, special edition, Darmstadt 1982. pp. 377–382.
• Georg Wilhelm Sante (Hrsg.): Handbook of the historical sites of Germany . Volume 4: Hessen (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 274). 3rd, revised edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 1976, ISBN 3-520-27403-5 , pp. 197-198 (reprint 1993).
• Literature about Haina in the Hessian Bibliography

Web links

Commons : Haina  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikivoyage: Haina (monastery)  - travel guide

Wikisource: Haina (monastery) in Merian's Topographia Hassiae  - sources and full texts

• Website of the community of Haina (monastery)
• Haina (monastery), Waldeck-Frankenberg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
• Link catalog on the subject of Haina 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. ^ Kurfürstlich-Hessisches Hof- und Staats-Handbuch, Verlag des reformed Orphanage, p. 376, Cassel 1863
3. ^ Kurfürstlich-Hessisches Hof- und Staats-Handbuch, Verlag des reformed Orphanage, pp. 376–377, Cassel 1863
4. ^ Kurfürstlich-Hessisches Hof- und Staats-Handbuch, Verlag des reformed Orphanage, pp. 376–377, Cassel 1863
5. ^ Municipal reform in Hesse: mergers and integrations of municipalities from June 21, 1971 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1971 No. 28 , p. 1117 , item 988; Para. 8. ( Online at the information system of the Hessian State Parliament [PDF; 5.0 MB ]).
6. ^ Municipal reform in Hesse: mergers and integrations of municipalities from June 21, 1971 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1971 No. 28 , p. 1117 , item 988; last paragraph ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 5.0 MB ]).
7. ^ Municipal reform in Hesse: mergers and integrations of municipalities from June 21, 1972 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1972 No. 28 , p. 1197 , item 851; 2. Para. 9. ( Online at the information system of the Hessian State Parliament [PDF; 4.4 MB ]).
8. ^ 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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 390 .
9. ↑ main statute. (PDF; 364 kB) §; 6. In: Website. Haina parish (monastery), accessed February 2019 . 
10. ↑ Main statute of the municipality of Haina (monastery)
11. ^ Result of the municipal election on March 6, 2016. Hessian State Statistical Office, accessed in April 2016 . 
12. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 27, 2011
13. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 26, 2006
14. ↑ Eckart Roloff and Karin Henke-Wendt: A monastery hospital for "mad people" and "crazy people in the main". (Psychiatry Museum, Haina) In: Visit your doctor or pharmacist. A tour through Germany's museums for medicine and pharmacy. Volume 2, Southern Germany. Verlag S. Hirzel, Stuttgart 2015, pp. 193-195, ISBN 978-3-7776-2511-9