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Municipality in Hesse, Germany From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Haina (Kloster) is a municipality in Waldeck-Frankenberg in northwest Hesse, Germany.
Haina | |
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_COA.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Haina within Waldeck-Frankenberg district  | |
  Haina  Haina | |
| Coordinates: 51°02′N 08°58′E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Hesse |
| Admin. region | Kassel |
| District | Waldeck-Frankenberg |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023–29) | Alexander Köhler[1] (SPD) |
| Area | |
• Total | 91.28 km2 (35.24 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 337 m (1,106 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 3,409 |
| • Density | 37/km2 (97/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 35114 |
| Dialling codes | 06456 |
| Vehicle registration | KB |
| Website | www.haina.de |
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).
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).
Haina consists of the following 12 centres: Altenhaina, Battenhausen, Bockendorf, Dodenhausen, Haddenberg, Haina (administrative seat), Halgehausen, Hüttenrode, Löhlbach, Mohnhausen, Oberholzhausen and Römershausen.
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, creating the landscaped style of an "English garden".
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 Alexander Köhler the new Mayor
| 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.
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