Buchloe
Buchloe | |
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General view of the town | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Buchloe within Ostallgäu district | |
Buchloe Buchloe | |
| Coordinates: 48°2′15″N 10°43′30″E / 48.03750°N 10.72500°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Bavaria |
| Admin. region | Schwaben |
| District | Ostallgäu |
| Municipal assoc. | Buchloe |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–26) | Robert Pöschl[1] (CSU) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 36.16 km2 (13.96 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 627 m (2,057 ft) |
| Population (2024-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 13,815 |
| • Density | 380/km2 (990/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 86807 |
| Dialling codes | 08241, 08246 |
| Vehicle registration | OAL |
| Website | www.buchloe.de |
Buchloe (German pronunciation: [buːxˈloːə]) is a community raised to town status in 1954, being in Ostallgäu in Bavaria. Together with the neighbouring communities of Jengen, Lamerdingen and Waal, Buchloe belongs to the Administrative Community of Buchloe.
Geography and transport
Buchloe is 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 is known as the "Gateway to the Allgäu". Buchloe station is an important railway hub for traffic on the Munich–Kempten–Lindau route on the Munich–Buchloe and the Buchloe–Lindau lines (KBS 970) and on the Augsburg–Buchloe and the Buchloe–Memmingen lines with their IC services and direct services into Switzerland by EuroCity-Express.
References
- ↑ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden, Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, 15 July 2021.
- ↑ "Gemeinden, Kreise und Regierungsbezirke in Bayern, Einwohnerzahlen am 31. Dezember 2024; Basis Zensus 2022" [Municipalities, counties, and administrative districts in Bavaria; Based on the 2022 Census] (CSV) (in German). Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik.