Book SH

SH is the abbreviation for the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries in the name Buch .

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State :	Switzerland Switzerland
Canton :	Canton of Schaffhausen Schaffhausen (SH)
District :	stonew
BFS no. :	2961i1 f3 f4
Postal code :	8263
Coordinates :	700 903 / 285983 coordinates: 47 ° 43 '0 " N , 8 ° 47' 0" O ; CH1903: 700,903 / 28598347.716666 8.783326 416
Height :	416 m above sea level M.
Height range :	410-585 m above sea level M.
Area :	3.80 km²
Residents:	316 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	83 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.buch-sh.ch
Book SH on December 23, 2014
Location of the municipality
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Buch is a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland .

geography

Buch is located in Hegau between Singen am Hohentwiel (D), Stein am Rhein and Schaffhausen. The hamlets of Hard and Blindenhusen belong to the book .

The village lies on the Biber River , which flows into the Rhine at the Bibermühle .

Historic aerial photo by Werner Friedli from 1958

history

In 1080, Buch was mentioned for the first time. In the Middle Ages , Buch was an upper bailiwick and of greater importance than the much larger surrounding villages today. The connections with Schaffhausen go back to the 14th century (monastery property). That is why Buch has been part of the canton of Schaffhausen for longer than the rest of the upper canton.

Population development
year	1836	1850	1900	1910	1950	1980	2000	2007	2012
Residents	288	399	389	348	329	259	341	300	322

coat of arms

Blazon

In red, a white imperial orb surrounded by a yellow band with a white cross.

In the oldest depictions from the 16th century, the coat of arms shows a green, uprooted beech on a white background. Slight deviations appear later. The tree stands on a green background or the field is red. There was no reference to the coat of arms for the next 200 years. It was not until 1815 that a seal from the Buch community appeared. It represents an imperial orb , surrounded by two leaf tendrils. How the community got this coat of arms can no longer be proven. Nevertheless, in 1951, the voters chose this coat of arms at the municipal meeting, contrary to the proposal for the beech coat of arms.

traffic

There is a public bus to Buch every hour. The village is on bus route 25 Schaffhausen – Büsingen – Dörflingen– Randegg –Buch – Ramsen. The bus line crosses the border between Germany and Switzerland several times .

Bike and hiking trails are available.

Attractions

Buch is the intersection of two cross-border cycling tours (routes 12 and 14 of the "Adventure trails west of Lake Constance , Hegau "). The old Buch sawmill and the Bucher Säntis (560 m above sea level) as a vantage point are worth seeing.

Historical saw book
View from Bucher Säntis over the Bibertal
Aerial view of Buch on June 16, 2006

Book as a film set

In the BBC series Colditz , part 1, episode 15, Buch appears after about 43 minutes as a place in Germany. Two British officers on the run are crossing the place at a time when the residents are coming out of the church. A German soldier is standing in front of a sentry box, and the officers pass by unmolested by greeting him with an outstretched arm. Buch residents acted as extras in the film. This scene corresponds to a passage in a book by Pat Reid.

literature

Hans E. Schäffeler: Book SH. Community chronicle, Romanshorn 1976.
Herrmann Tanner: How book came to the Stein district , in: Schaffhauser contributions to history, 59, 1982, pp. 191–199, ISSN 0259-3599 .

Web links

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

Official website of the Buch SH community
Andreas Schiendorfer: Book (SH). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Homeland Association book

Individual evidence

↑ Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 .
↑ Bruckner-Herbstreit, Berty: The emblems of the state Schaffhausen and its communities, Reinach-Basel 1951, pp. 182-183
↑ Video on YouTube
^ Patrick R. Reid, Escape from Oflag IV [Original English title: The Colditz Story], Zug (Switzerland) 1976, ISBN 978-3-88065-061-9 .

[1] Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 .

[2] Bruckner-Herbstreit, Berty: The emblems of the state Schaffhausen and its communities, Reinach-Basel 1951, pp. 182-183

[3] Video on YouTube

[4] Patrick R. Reid, Escape from Oflag IV [Original English title: The Colditz Story], Zug (Switzerland) 1976, ISBN 978-3-88065-061-9 .