Burghaun

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Burghaun
Coat of arms	Location
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Kassel
District	Fulda
Mayor	Alexander Hohmann
Basic statistics
Area	65.04 km² (25.1 sq mi)
Elevation	261 m  (856 ft)
Population	6,688  (31/12/2006)
- Density	103 /km² (266 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	FD
Postal code	36151
Area codes	06652 & 06653
Website	www.burghaun.de Coordinates: 50°42′00″N 09°43′00″E / 50.7, 9.716667

Burghaun is a municipality in the district of Fulda in the state of Hesse in Germany.

The Protestant (left) and Catholic (right) churches in the Baroque style in Burghaun

Burghaun itself is a small town with about 3,800 residents. Following the administrative reorganization of Germany in 1972 when smaller communities were grouped together, Burghaun took in the nearby villages of Großenmoor, Gruben, Hechelmannskirchen, Hünhan, Langenschwarz, Rothenkirchen, Schlotzau and Steinbach and currently has a total of about 7,000 inhabitants.

As the name "Burghaun" suggests, the town is in the valley of the Haune, a small river that flows into the Fulda River. Burghaun is situated about 5 km north of Hünfeld which, in turn, is about 18 km to the northeast of the city of Fulda.

[edit] External links

• Website of Burghaun (in German) with color photos
• Album of Burghaun in old black-and-white photos

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