Buchen
Sign in to saveBuchen (; South Franconian: Buche) is a town in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is situated in the Odenwald low mountain range, 23 km northeast of the regional center Mosbach.
Key facts
- German place.type
- Stadt
- German place.image_photo
- BuchenVomWartberg01.jpg
- German place.image_caption
- Buchen, view from Wartberg
- German place.image_coa
- DEU Buchen COA.svg
- German place.image_plan
- Buchen (Odenwald) in MOS.svg
- German place.state
- Baden-Württemberg
- German place.region
- Karlsruhe
- German place.district
- Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis
- German place.elevation
- 337
- German place.area
- 138.93
- German place.postal_code
- 74722
- German place.area_code
- 06281, 06286 (Hettigenbeuern), 06287 (Einbach, Waldhausen), 06292 (Eberstadt, Bödigheim)
- German place.licence
- MOS, BCH
- German place.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 08 2 25 014
- German place.divisions
- 14
- German place.website
- www.buchen.de
- German place.mayor
- Roland Burger
- German place.leader_term
- 2021–29
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Article
23 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Structure of the city
- History
- Incorporation of new areas
- Politics
- The Municipal Council
- Mayor
- The coat of arms
- Coats of arms of the former townships
- Economy and infrastructure
- Transport
- Authorities, courts and public establishments
- Educational institutions
- Media
- Culture and sights
- Theatres
- Museums and cultural institutions
- The Eberstadt Stalactite Cave
- Further sights and buildings
- Regular Events
- Notable people
- External links
- References
Buchen (; South Franconian: Buche) is a town in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is situated in the Odenwald low mountain range, 23 km northeast of the regional center Mosbach.
==Geography== Buchen is situated on the seam between the south-eastern Odenwald and the Bauland area, along the Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes. It lies geographically in the triangle formed by the cities of Mannheim, Würzburg and Heilbronn. The precincts of the municipality lie in the Natural Park of the Neckar Valley and the Odenwald and in the Bergstraße-Odenwald Nature Park, at an altitude of between 250 and 500 metres.