Haßloch

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Haßloch

Location of Haßloch within Bad Dürkheim district

Coordinates: 49°21′47″N 8°15′21″E / 49.36306°N 8.25583°ECoordinates: 49°21′47″N 8°15′21″E / 49.36306°N 8.25583°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Hans-Ulrich Ihlenfeld (CDU)

Area

• Total

39.95 km² (15.42 sq mi)

Elevation

110 m (360 ft)

Population (2015-12-31)

• Total

20,254

• Density

510/km² (1,300/sq mi)

CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

67454

06324

DÜW

Website

www.hassloch.de

Haßloch (or Hassloch) is a municipality in the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Unlike most municipalities in the district, it does not belong to any Verbandsgemeinde – a kind of collective municipality. It lies near the Mannheim/Ludwigshafen built-up area. The municipality has grown out of a single centre and is thus sometimes styled “Germany’s biggest village”. Haßloch is the Bad Dürkheim district’s biggest municipality, exceeding even the namesake district seat. The village has at its disposal well developed infrastructure with educational and shopping facilities; the region’s surrounding centres can in the main be reached within 20 minutes.

Haßloch lies east of Neustadt an der Weinstraße and is part of the Rhine-Neckar urban agglomeration southwest of Mannheim and Ludwigshafen. It also lies on the Mannheim–Kaiserslautern line. At the municipality’s northern limit runs Autobahn A 65, and from there it is 25 km to either Ludwigshafen or Mannheim. Haßloch is on the whole a continuous built-up area, although Haßloch’s southeasternmost neighbourhood, the Wehlachsiedlung, lies somewhat apart from the main centre. Literally translated, the German name Hassloch means "Hate Hole".

Haßloch’s beginnings stretch at least as far back as Roman times with settlement activity by the Romans known to have been taking place about AD 400. About 500, the Alamanni were driven out of the area by the Franks. The village itself came into being sometime about 600, with its first documentary mention – as Hasalaha – coming in 773 or 774.

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