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 |
Canton : | Schaffhausen (SH) |
District : | stone |
BFS no. : | 2961 |
Postal code : | 8263 |
Coordinates : | 700 903 / 285983 |
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 |
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Location of the municipality | |
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 .
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 | |||||||||
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year | 1836 | 1850 | 1900 | 1910 | 1950 | 1980 | 2000 | 2007 | 2012 |
Residents | 288 | 399 | 389 | 348 | 329 | 259 | 341 | 300 | 322 |
coat of arms
- 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.
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
- 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 .