Buchloe

Buchloe (German pronunciation: [buːxˈloːə]) is a community raised to town status in 1954, lying in Ostallgäu district in Bavaria. Together with the neighbouring communities of Jengen, Lamerdingen and Waal, Buchloe belongs to the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft ("administrative community") of Buchloe.

Buchloe
General view of the town
Coat of arms
Location of Buchloe within Ostallgäu district
Buchloe
Buchloe
Coordinates: 48°2′15″N 10°43′30″E
CountryGermany
StateBavaria
Admin. regionSchwaben
DistrictOstallgäu
Municipal assoc.Buchloe
Government
 • MayorRobert Pöschl (CSU)
Area
 • Total36.16 km2 (13.96 sq mi)
Elevation
627 m (2,057 ft)
Population
 (2018-12-31)[1]
 • Total13,132
 • Density360/km2 (940/sq mi)
Time zoneCET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes
86807
Dialling codes08241, 08246
Vehicle registrationOAL
Websitewww.buchloe.de
Central Buchloe in July.

Geography and transport

Buchloe lies right on Bundesautobahn 96 (Munich–Buchloe–Memmingen–Lindau) with interchanges with Bundesstraße ("Federal Highway") 12 (Lindau by way of Munich and Passau to Philippsreut) and describes itself as the "Gateway to the Allgäu". Buchloe station is an important railway hub for the Munich–Kempten– Lindau line on the Allgäu line (KBS 970) and for the Augsburg–Buchloe and the Buchloe–Memmingen lines with their IC services and direct services into Switzerland by EC.

Coat of arms

Buchloe has quite a simple coat of arms, being a 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 – likely meant to be beech as the town's name comes from Buche, the German word for beech – twined about each other to form an emblem shaped rather like a section sign ("§"). In 1950, however, the original arms were officially restored.

  • Coat of Arms since 1950


Town development

Amalgamation

In 1971 and 1972, the communities of Lindenberg and Honsolgen including Hausen were amalgamated into Buchloe.

Culture and sightseeing

Heimatmuseum Buchloe

South of Buchloe is the Buchloe people's observatory, at which there are regular observations of the sky.

Natives
  • Klaus Hofmann (born 1967), football manager, entrepreneur and president of the FC Augsburg
  • Thomas Holzmann (born 1987), ice hockey player for the Augsburger Panthers
  • Manuel Strodel (born 1992), ice hockey player
  • Günter Schaule (born 1939 in Buchloe), lives in Sydney, Australia, author of books available on Amazon under Schaule or at

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Schaule&i=stripbooks&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

Personalities who have worked in Buchloe
  • Emil Vogel (born 1930 in Lindenberg, 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 citizens

Economy
Alpina

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.

Security

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.

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References
  1. "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes". Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung (in German). July 2019.
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