Buchloe (IPA: [bu:x'lo:ə]) is a community raised to city 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. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... This list of countries, arranged alphabetically, gives an overview of countries of the world. ... Germany is a Federal Republic made up of 16 States, known in German as Länder (singular Land). ... For other uses, see Bavaria (disambiguation). ... A Regierungsbezirk is an government region of Germany, a subdivision of certain federal states (Bundesländer). ... Swabia (German: Schwaben) is one of the seven administrative regions of Bavaria, Germany, located in the south-west of Bavaria. ... There are 439 German districts (Kreise), administrative units in Germany. ... Ostallgäu is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Square kilometre (U.S. spelling: square kilometer), symbol km², is a decimal multiple of SI unit of surface area square metre, one of the SI derived units. ... Square kilometre (U.S. spelling: square kilometer), symbol km², is a decimal multiple of SI unit of surface area square metre, one of the SI derived units. ... Elevation histogram of the surface of the Earth – approximately 71% of the Earths surface is covered with water. ... ‹ The template below (Unit of length) is being considered for deletion. ... See Cartesian coordinate system or Coordinates (elementary mathematics) for a more elementary introduction to this topic. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... German Postleitzahl map of the first two digits Postal codes in Germany, Postleitzahl (plural Postleitzahlen, abbreviated to PLZ), consist of five digits, which indicate the wider area (first two digits), and the postal district (last three digits). ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles. ... German car number plates (Kfz-Kennzeichen) show the place where the car carrying them is registered. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... Articles with similar titles include the NATO phonetic alphabet, which has also informally been called the “International Phonetic Alphabet”. For information on how to read IPA transcriptions of English words, see IPA chart for English. ... Ostallgäu is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... For other uses, see Bavaria (disambiguation). ... An Amt is a name for subnational administrative units used in some northern European countries. ...

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". The town is an important railway hub for the Munich – Kempten – Lindau line on the Allgäubahn (KBS 970) and for the Augsburg – Memmingen line with its connections to IC and direct connection into Switzerland by EC. It has been suggested that German Autobahns be merged into this article or section. ... For other uses, see Munich (disambiguation). ... Memmingen is a town in the Bavarian administrative region Swabia in Germany. ... famous harbor entrance of Lindau reverse side of the old town hall of Lindau Lindau is a German city and an island in the eastern part of the Lake Constance, the Bodensee. ... For other uses, see Munich (disambiguation). ... Passau (Latin: Batavis or Batavia, also Passavium; Italian: Passavia; Czech: Pasov) is a town in Niederbayern, Eastern Bavaria, Germany, known also as the Dreiflüssestadt (City of Three Rivers), because the Danube River is joined there by the Inn River from the South, and the Ilz River coming out of... Philippsreut is a town in the district of Freyung-Grafenau in Bavaria in Germany. ... Allgäu as seen from a hot air balloon Allgäu is an area in south-west of Swabia (Bavaria) and contains also a small part of south-east Baden-Württemberg. ... Kempten can refer to: A town in Bavaria, Germany, Kempten im Allgäu. ... Augsburg is a city in south-central Germany. ... A Romanian InterCity train, run by Romanian Railways, at Arad station in May 2003 InterCity is a name for the inter-city rail services in Europe. ... German Class 101 locomotive pulling an EuroCity train consisting of Swiss and German coaches EuroCity, abbreviated EC, denotes an international train service within the European inter-city rail network. ...

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 (ie 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.[1] Augsburg is a city in south-central Germany. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... Species Fagus crenata - Japanese Beech Fagus engleriana - Chinese Beech Fagus grandifolia - American Beech Fagus hayatae - Taiwan Beech Fagus japonica - Japanese Blue Beech Fagus longipetiolata - South Chinese Beech Fagus lucida - Shining Beech Fagus mexicana - Mexican Beech or Haya Fagus orientalis - Oriental Beech Fagus sylvatica - European Beech Beech (Fagus) is a genus... The section sign The section sign (§; Unicode U+00A7, HTML entity §) is a typographical character used mainly to refer to a particular section of a document, such as a legal code. ...

Town development

Amalgamation

In 1971 and 1972, the communities of Lindenberg and Honsolgen mit Hausen were amalgamated into Buchloe. Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Culture and sightseeing

Heimatmuseum Buchloe [2]

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

Economy

A well known business in the town is the car tuning 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. Alpina Burkard Bovensiepen GmbH is an automobile tuning company based in Buchloe, in the Ostallgäu district of Bavaria, Germany specializing in BMW cars. ... Country of origin United States Region, town Chester, New York Source of milk Cow Pasteurised Texture Soft Aging time none Certification Cream cheese is a soft, mild-tasting, white cheese that contains at least 33% milkfat (as marketed) with a moisture content of not more than 55%, and a pH...

An earlier component of the economy of Buchloe was a Nazi work camp where thousands of innocent people were enslaved and worked to death. Within a few kilometres of the camp were a number of towns including Buchloe itself, Wiedergeltingen, Honsolgen and Landsberg. In April 1945 the camp inmates were freed by the 2d Battalion, 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division of the U.S. Army.

Consistently with the abject moral bankruptcy that led them to enthusiastically support Adolf Hitler and the rest of his gang of criminals, makers of aggressive war and mass murderers, all the inhabitants of the surrounding towns disclaimed any knowledge of the existence of the Buchloe camp, much less what was happening there.

Rather, they left the righting of their wrong to tailors, taxi drivers, students, farmers - all free citizens with no responsibilty for the wrong. They left it to them to fight and die and be maimed at Normandy, Bastogne and Arnhem to finally reach Buchloe and do what should never have been needed to be done but for the craven, syncophantic worshippers of a meglomaniac criminal - their hero, no less.

The camp guards had run away rather than face the justice they so richly deserved. The paratroopers treated the locals with the mercy that they didn't deserve.

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 and a chapter of the Wasserwacht ("Water Watch", or lifeguard service). Firefighter with an axe A firefighter, sometimes still called a fireman though women have increasingly joined firefighting units, is a person who is trained and equipped to put out fires, rescue people and in some areas provide emergency medical services. ... Logo of the Wasserwacht The Wasserwacht (IPA: ) is a German lifeguard service. ...

External links

• Buchloe's official homepage
• Buchloe Bavarian Red Cross
• Buchloe Volunteer Fire Brigade
• Buchloe Wasserwacht
• Buchloe Parish
• Almshouse in Lindenberg neighbourhood