Büchel

Büchel
Coat of arms
Büchel
Location of Büchel within Cochem-Zell district
Coordinates: 50°10′27″N 7°5′1″E / 50.17417°N 7.08361°E / 50.17417; 7.08361Coordinates: 50°10′27″N 7°5′1″E / 50.17417°N 7.08361°E / 50.17417; 7.08361
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Cochem-Zell
Municipal assoc.	Ulmen
Government
• Ortsbürgermeister	Willi Rademacher
Area
• Total	12.84 km2 (4.96 sq mi)
Elevation	450 m (1,480 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	1,154
• Density	90/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	56823
Dialling codes	02678
Vehicle registration	COC
Website	www.buechel.de

Büchel is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Ulmen, whose seat is in the like-named town.

The municipality lies in the heart of the Eifel.

Yearly precipitation in Büchel amounts to 877 mm, which is rather high, falling into the highest fourth of the precipitation chart for all Germany. At 75% of the German Weather Service’s weather stations, lower figures are recorded. The driest month is September. The most rainfall comes in November. In that month, precipitation is 1.7 times what it is in September. Precipitation varies moderately. At 62% of the weather stations, lower seasonal swings are recorded.

In 1141, the Martental, which lay within the bounds of what is now Büchel, had its first documentary mention as a monastery. About 1238, an estate at Morschweiler was mentioned. in 1476, the Alflen (including Georgweiler and Morschweiler) high court’s bench fell under Electoral-Trier sovereignty. In 1794 came the occupation by French Revolutionary troops. In 1815 Büchel was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. In 1873, Büchel became a parish, with the outlying centres of Georgweiler and Morschweiler belonging to the municipality. Since 1946, it has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate.