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Where is Haßloch located?

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 type of collective municipality. It lies near the Mannheim / Ludwigshafen built-up area.

What happened to Haßloch?

In 1621, during the Thirty Years' War, Haßloch was laid waste by the Spaniards. In 1689, it met the same fate again, more than once, in the Nine Years' War (known in Germany as the Pfälzischer Erbfolgekrieg, or War of the Palatine Succession), this time at the hands of the Spaniards and the French .

Why does Haßloch have a double hook?

The double hook, as it is taken to be, which looks like the letter ?, goes back to a court seal from the time when Haßloch was a pledged holding. Heraldry of the World, quoting another source, furthermore says that the ? is a symbol that was used on “borderstones and decorations” beginning in the 18th century.

Was Haßloch a Salian Church Robbery?

In 985, Haßloch was one of the many villages in the region subject to the Salischer Kirchenraub, or “ Salian Church Robbery”, a land grab in which Otto I, Duke of Carinthia took over ownership of various landholdings formerly belonging to the Weißenburg Monastery (in the town now called Wissembourg in Alsace, France) on the Upper and Middle Rhine .