Country Germany Admin. region Kassel Elevation 337 m (1,106 ft) Area 91.28 km² Local time Tuesday 8:38 PM Dialling code 06456 | State Hesse District Waldeck-Frankenberg Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Population 3,611 (30 Jun 2009) Postal code 35114 Administrative region Kassel | |
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Weather 8°C, Wind W at 8 km/h, 75% Humidity Points of interest Wüstegarten, Kellerwald, Hohes Lohr | ||
Haina (Kloster) is a community in Waldeck-Frankenberg in northwest Hesse, Germany.
Contents
- Map of 35114 Haina Germany
- Location
- Neighbouring communities
- Constituent communities
- History
- Municipal council
- Sons and daughters of the town
- Museums
- References
Map of 35114 Haina, Germany
Location
Haina lies in Waldeck-Frankenberg south of Frankenberg and east of Burgwald at the southwest slope of the Kellerwald 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 (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 monastery in Haina is Hesse's most important Gothic building works. Haina Monastery was built by monks 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 all the way to the Main. 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.
In 1789, the Abbot of the Haina Monastery Friedrich von Stamford built the Stamfordscher Garten in Haina, and "English garden".
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 Doll P. David the new Mayor
Note: Bürgergemeinschaft Großgemeinde Haina, Freie Bürgerschaft Löhlbach and Unabhängige Bürger Dodenhausen im Kellerwald are all citizens' coalitions.