Buchberg is a

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in the

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Schaffhausen Schaffhausen (; ; ; ; ), historically known in English as Shaffhouse, is a list of towns in Switzerland, town with historic roots, a municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in northern Switzerland, and the capital of the canton of Schaffh ...

Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...

. With

Rüdlingen Rüdlingen is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Schaffhausen (canton), Schaffhausen in Switzerland. History Rüdlingen is first mentioned in 827 as ''Ruodiningun''. Geography Rüdlingen has ...

, Buchberg forms one of the two

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s of the Canton of Schaffhausen on the Rhine, bordered by the

Canton of Zürich The canton of Zurich is an administrative unit (Swiss canton, canton) of Switzerland, situated in the northeastern part of the country. With a population of (as of ), it is the most populous canton of Switzerland. Zurich is the ''de facto'' Capi ...

and

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg ( ; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a states of Germany, German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million i ...

History

Buchberg is first mentioned around 1111–24 as ''Bochberg''. In 1236 it was mentioned as ''Buchberge''. It was bought by the city of

from

Rheinau Abbey Rheinau Abbey (Kloster Rheinau) was a Benedictine monastery in Rheinau in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland, founded in about 778 and suppressed in 1862. It is located on an island in the Rhine. History The foundation of the abbey, on a strategi ...

in two portions, in 1520 and 1657. Buchberg municipality was split into Buchberg and

in 1839.

Coat of arms

The

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of the municipal

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is ''Gules a Beech Vert trunked proper issuant from Coupeaux of the second.'' The coat of arms is an example of

canting ' (International Phonetic Alphabet, IPA: , Van Ophuijsen Spelling System, VOS Spelling: , ) is a pen-like tool used to apply liquid hot wax () in the batik-making process in Indonesia, more precisely (). Traditional consists of copper wax-con ...

in that the tree is a

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tree () and it stands on a mountain ().

Geography

Buchberg has an area, , of . Of this area, 52.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 34.3% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 8.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (5.1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). The municipality is located in the Schaffhausen district. The exclave municipalities of Rüdlingen and Buchberg are both located on the Hurbig hill above

Eglisau Eglisau is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Bülach (district), Bülach in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Zürich (canton), Zürich in Switzerland. History Eglisau is first mentioned in 892 as several indepe ...

and along the Rhine knee.

Demographics

Buchberg has a population () of 811, of which 8.0% are foreign nationals. Of the foreign population, (), 45.5% are from

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

, 4.5% are from

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, 1.5% are from

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, 16.7% are from

Macedonia Macedonia (, , , ), most commonly refers to: * North Macedonia, a country in southeastern Europe, known until 2019 as the Republic of Macedonia * Macedonia (ancient kingdom), a kingdom in Greek antiquity * Macedonia (Greece), a former administr ...

, and 31.8% are from another country.Statistical Office of the Canton of Schaffhausen
. Retrieved 2 December 2009 Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 8.1%. Most of the population () speaks German (95.4%), with Albanian being second most common ( 1.4%) and French being third ( 0.8%).
. Retrieved 8 December 2009 The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 21.3% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 62.5% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 16.2%. In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 46% of the vote. The next two most popular parties were the SP (31%), and the FDP (23%). The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Buchberg about 86.9% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory

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or additional higher education (either university or a ''

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''). In Buchberg, , 2.1% of the population is attending

kindergarten Kindergarten is a preschool educational approach based on playing, singing, practical activities such as drawing, and social interaction as part of the transition from home to school. Such institutions were originally made in the late 18th cen ...

or another pre-school, 7.66% are attending a

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, 2.22% attend a lower level Secondary School, and 1.48% attend a higher level Secondary School. , 13% of the population belonged to the Roman

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and 71.9% belonged to the

Swiss Reformed Church The Protestant Church in Switzerland (PCS), formerly named Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches until 31 December 2019, is a federation of 25 member churches – 24 cantonal churches and the Evangelical-Methodist Church of Switzerland. The P ...

. The historical population is given in the following table:

Sights

Today's town hall of Buchberg, was built in 1856, and served initially as a school and town hall.Markus Späth-Walter (2002): ''Schaffhauser Kantonsgeschichte des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts'', Volume 3 (Alltag, Gesellschaft, Kultur, Siedlung, Religion, Literatur, Register), Meier (Publisher), p. 1780.

Employment

Buchberg has an unemployment rate of 0.8%. , there were 74 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 28 businesses involved in this sector. 43 people are employed in the

secondary sector In macroeconomics, the secondary sector of the economy is an economic sector in the three-sector theory that describes the role of manufacturing. It encompasses industries that produce a finished, usable product or are involved in constructi ...

and there are 6 businesses in this sector. 69 people are employed in the

tertiary sector The tertiary sector of the economy, generally known as the service sector, is the third of the three economic sectors in the three-sector model (also known as the economic cycle). The others are the primary sector (raw materials) and the ...

, with 26 businesses in this sector. the mid year average unemployment rate was 0.4%. There were 32 non-agrarian businesses in the municipality and 45.3% of the (non-agrarian) population was involved in the secondary sector of the economy while 54.7% were involved in the third. At the same time, 58.6% of the working population was employed full-time, and 41.4% was employed part-time. There were 128 residents of the municipality were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 47.7% of the workforce. there were 103 residents who worked in the municipality, while 297 residents worked outside Buchberg and 45 people commuted into the municipality for work. , there are 3 restaurants and the hospitality industry in Buchberg employs 18 people.

References

External links

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