Haina
Haina is a municipality in Waldeck-Frankenberg in northwest Hesse, Germany.
Geography
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.Neighbouring municipalities
Haina borders in the northwest on the town of Frankenau, in the northeast on the town of Bad Wildungen, in the east on the municipality of Bad Zwesten, in the southeast on the municipalities of Jesberg and Gilserberg, in the south on the town of Gemünden, and in the west on the municipality of Burgwald and the town of Frankenberg.Constituent municipalities
Haina consists of the following 12 centres: Altenhaina, Battenhausen, Bockendorf, Dodenhausen, Haddenberg, Haina, 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 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".
Politics
Municipal council
Haina's council is made up of 23 councillors, with seats apportioned thus, in accordance with municipal elections held on 15 June 2016The SPD won the Municipal Election making Alexander Köhler the new Mayor
Note: Bürgergemeinschaft Großgemeinde Haina, Freie Bürgerschaft Löhlbach and Unabhängige Bürger Dodenhausen im Kellerwald are all citizens' coalitions.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Anton Wilhelm Tischbein, known as the Hanauer Tischbein, was a German painter
- Johann Anton Tischbein was a German painter and art teacher
- Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder,, known as the Kasseler Tischbein, was one of the most respected European painters in the 18th century
- Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Younger, was a German painter and engraver
- Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, known as the Goethe Tischbein, was a German painter
- Johann Jacob Tischbein, known as the Lübecker Tischbein, was a German painter
Museums
- Psychiatry museum
- Tischbeinhaus