Haina
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| Country | Germany |
| State | Hesse |
| Administrative region | Kassel |
| District | Waldeck-Frankenberg |
| Population | 3,675 (31/12/2004) |
| Area | 91.28 km² |
| Population density | 40 /km² |
| Elevation | 337 m |
| Coordinates | 51°2′ N 8°58′ E |
| Postal code | 35114 |
| Area code | 06456 |
| Licence plate code | KB |
| Mayor | Rudolf Backhaus |
| Website | Gemeinde Haina |
Haina (Kloster) is a community in Waldeck-Frankenberg in northwest Hesse, Germany.
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[edit] Geography
[edit] 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).
[edit] 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).
[edit] Constituent communities
Haina consists of the following 12 centres: Altenhaina, Battenhausen, Bockendorf, Dodenhausen, Haddenberg, Haina (administrative seat), Halgehausen, Hüttenrode, Löhlbach, Mohnhausen, Oberholzhausen and Römershausen.
[edit] 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".
[edit] Politics
[edit] Municipal council
Haina's council is made up of 23 councillors, with seats apportioned thus, in accordance with municipal elections held on 26 March 2006:
| SPD | 8 seats |
| Bürgergemeinschaft Großgemeinde Haina | 6 seats |
| Freie Bürgerschaft Löhlbach | 6 seats |
| Unabhängige Bürger Dodenhausen im Kellerwald | 3 seats |
Note: Bürgergemeinschaft Großgemeinde Haina, Freie Bürgerschaft Löhlbach and Unabhängige Bürger Dodenhausen im Kellerwald are all citizens' coalitions.
[edit] Sons and daughters of the town
- Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, painter – called "Goethe-Tischbein" (born 15 February 1751 in Haina, died 26 June 1829 in Eutin)
[edit] Museums
- Psychiatry museum
- Tischbeinhaus
[edit] Reference
This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.
[edit] External links
- Parish homepage with virtual monastery tour
- Haina
- Monastery history
- Haina at the Open Directory Project
Allendorf | Bad Arolsen | Bad Wildungen | Battenberg | Bromskirchen | Burgwald | Diemelsee | Diemelstadt | Edertal | Frankenau | Frankenberg | Gemünden | Haina | Hatzfeld | Korbach | Lichtenfels | Rosenthal | Twistetal | Vöhl | Volkmarsen | Waldeck | Willingen
