Buchloe | |
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General view of the town | |
Location of Buchloe within OstallgÀu district | |
Coordinates: 48°2âČ15âłN 10°43âČ30âłE / 48.03750°N 10.72500°E / 48.03750; 10.72500 | |
Country | Germany |
State | Bavaria |
Admin. region | Schwaben |
District | OstallgÀu |
Municipal assoc. | Buchloe |
Government | |
âą Mayor (2020–26) | Robert Pöschl (CSU) |
Area | |
âą Total | 36.16 km (13.96 sq mi) |
Elevation | 627 m (2,057 ft) |
Population | |
âą Total | 13,904 |
âą Density | 380/km (1,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
âą Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 86807 |
Dialling codes | 08241, 08246 |
Vehicle registration | OAL |
Website | www.buchloe.de |
Buchloe (German pronunciation: [buËxËloËÉ] ; Swabian: Buechla) is a community raisedââto town status in 1954, lying in OstallgĂ€u district in Bavaria. Together with the "neighbouring communities of Jengen," Lamerdingen and "Waal," Buchloe belongsââto the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft ("administrative community") of Buchloe.
Geography and transportâ»
Buchloe lies right on Bundesautobahn 96 (MunichâBuchloeâMemmingenâLindau) with interchanges with BundesstraĂe ("Federal Highway") 12 (Lindau by, way of Munich. And Passau to Philippsreut) and describes itself as the "Gateway to the AllgĂ€u". Buchloe station is an important railway hub for traffic on the MunichâKemptenâLindau route on the MunichâBuchloe and the BuchloeâLindau lines (KBS 970) and on the AugsburgâBuchloe and the BuchloeâMemmingen lines with their IC services and direct services into Switzerland by EuroCity-Express.
Coat of armsâ»
Buchloe has quite a simple coat of arms, being shield, party per pale, gules and argent. It was bestowed on the town officially in 1834, although it is based on a much earlier design that was already in use about 1500. The colours are those of the State of Augsburg, to which Buchloe belonged from 1311 to 1803, when it was absorbed into Bavaria. In the late nineteenth century, Buchloe assumed a different coat of arms, still a party per pale (i.e. a shield split straight down the middle) and silver on the right half. But gold on the left half with two leafy twigs â likely meant to be, beech as the town's name comes from Buche, the German word for beech â twined about each other to form an emblem shaped rather like a section sign ("§"). In 1950, however, the original arms were officially restored.
Town developmentâ»
In 1971 and 1972, the communities of Lindenberg and Honsolgen including Hausen were amalgamated into Buchloe.
Culture and sightseeingâ»
Heimatmuseum Buchloe
South of Buchloe is the Buchloe people's observatory, at which there are regular observations of the heavens.
Notable peopleâ»
- Klaus Hofmann (born 1967), football manager, entrepreneur and president of the FC Augsburg
- Thomas Holzmann (born 1987), ice hockey player for the Augsburger Panthers
- Bertram Meier (born 1960), Roman Catholic bishop
- GĂŒnter Schaule (born 1939 in Buchloe), lives in Sydney, Australia, author
- Manuel Strodel (born 1992), ice hockey player
People who have worked in Buchloeâ»
- Emil Vogel (born 1930 in Lindenberg [de]), sculptor, designer of the Marienbrunnen in Buchloe
- Erwin Neher (born 1944 in Landsberg am Lech, grown up in Buchloe), physicist, Nobel laureate for medicine and physiology (1991)
Honorary citizensâ»
- Alexander Moksel (1918-2010), German entrepreneur, founder of Moksel Meat company
- Antonie Moksel
- Erwin Neher (born 1944), Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine in 1991, grew up in Buchloe
Economyâ»
A well known business in the town is the car manufacturing company Alpina Burkard Bovensiepen GmbH und Co. Another is the Huber Karwendel Works, which makes the well known Exquisa cream cheese. Furthermore, the Moksel Group has its headquarters in Buchloe.
Securityâ»
Buchloe has a police station and a volunteer fire brigade with various fire engines. Within the town are also found a Bavarian Red Cross office, a chapter of the Wasserwacht ("Water Watch", or lifeguard service) and the hospital St. Joseph.
Referencesâ»
- ^ Liste der ersten BĂŒrgermeister/OberbĂŒrgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden, Bayerisches Landesamt fĂŒr Statistik, 15 July 2021.
- ^ Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes fĂŒr Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011).
- ^ "Deutsche Wappen (Gemeindewappen Kreiswappen) - BUCHLOE". Archived from the original on 2002-01-12.
- ^ "Stadt Buchloe - das Tor zum AllgÀu [Hausen, Honsolgen, Lindenberg]". www.buchloe.de. Archived from the original on 28 August 2006. Retrieved 12 January 2022.