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City of Büdingen
Büches coat of arms
Coordinates: 50 ° 17 ′ 48 ″  N , 9 ° 4 ′ 20 ″  E
Height : 134 m above sea level NHN
Area : 2.24 km²
Residents : 572  (Jun. 30, 2019)
Population density : 255 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : December 31, 1971
Postal code : 63654
Area code : 06042
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Overview map of Büches
View over Büches, 2019
View over Büches, 2019

Büches is a district of Büdingen in the Wetterau district in Hesse .

location

Büches is three kilometers west of Büdingen. The Erbacher Hof, two kilometers west of Büdingen, also belongs to the district.

Büches is on the Gießen – Gelnhausen railway line (regional train 46), which runs from Gießen in Central Hesse through the cities of Lich and Hungen ( Gießen district ), Nidda , Ranstadt , Glauburg and Büdingen ( Wetterau district ) to Gelnhausen in the Main-Kinzig district . With a change in Gelnhausen, Frankfurt am Main can be reached in about an hour.

The B 457 leads through Büches from Gießen via Lich, Hungen, Nidda, Ranstadt, Selters, Büches and Büdingen to Gründau-Lieblos to the A 66 . The B 521 begins at the western end of the village and runs via Altenstadt (Hessen) , Nidderau , Schöneck (Hessen) and Bad Vilbel to Frankfurt-Bergen-Enkheim and Frankfurt-Seckbach .

Büches is close to the A 66 (Frankfurt-Fulda) and A 45 (Aschaffenburg-Dortmund) motorways . The next junctions are in Gründau-Lieblos (A 66) or Altenstadt or Hammersbach (A 45).

history

It was first mentioned on September 14, 1173 , when a Richardus de Buches is mentioned among the witnesses of a document. He came from the gentlemen von Büches , who named themselves after the place. The name Büches is probably derived from the Middle High German word “buchehe” or the Old High German “buochahi”, which means for example beech bushes or beech forest . Büches is also referred to as "Buchehes" or "Buchees" in medieval documents.

From 1820, Büches belonged to the Büdingen district , from 1822 to the Büdingen district , from 1848 to the Nidda district and from 1852 to the Büdingen district . Court the village belonged since 1820 for civil magnificent office Budingen, since 1822 the district court of Büdingen and since 1879 the District Court Büdingen .

On December 31, 1971, Büches was incorporated into the city of Büdingen.

Population development

year Residents
1939 262
1961 401
1970 463
1990 496
2000 606
2010 583
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Books with the silos that characterize the townscape

politics

Coat of arms

Blazon : "In red a four-legged, slanting, silver fireborn ."

The coat of arms was adopted on October 23, 2015 by the city council of Büdingen according to § 14 Hessische Gemeindeordnung (HGO) as the coat of arms of the district of Büdingen.

Culture and sights

Buildings

Cultural monuments in the Büches district:

  • Complete Erbacher Hof complex
  • At the pond 1
  • Bergstrasse 26
  • Frankfurter Strasse 28
  • Frankfurter Strasse 37
  • Frankfurter Strasse 42

Clubs and organizations

  • Volunteer firefighter
  • Choral Association Liederkranz
  • Small animal breeding association
  • SV Büches 1975

literature

  • Festschrift and chronicle "1173–1998, 825 years of Büches"
  • Ruppel, Hans Georg (edit.): Historical place directory for the area of ​​the former Grand Duchy and People's State of Hesse with evidence of district and court membership from 1820 until the changes in the course of the municipal territorial reform , series Darmstädter Archivschriften (2), 1976, p 66
  • Architectural monuments in Hessen. Monument topography Wetteraukreis I , Braunschweig / Wiesbaden, Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn 1982 pp. 134-135

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistics on the website of the city of Büdingen (pdf; 21.5 kB), accessed in January 2016.
  2. ↑ Population figures on the city of Büdingen's website , accessed in June 2016.
  3. ^ Heinrich Reimer: Hessisches Urkundenbuch. Section 2, document book on the history of the Lords of Hanau and the former province of Hanau. Vol. 1. 767-1300. Publications from the royal Prussian state archives, Hirzel, Leipzig 1891, No. 106.
  4. ^ "Büches, Wetteraukreis". Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of December 15, 2014). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  5. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 353 .
  6. ↑ Boundary Change and Incorporation Agreement of November 26, 1971

Web links

Commons : Büches  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files