Buch, Rhein-Hunsrück
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Location of Buch within Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis district
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| Coordinates: 50°4′35.93″N 7°23′17.13″E / 50.0766472°N 7.3880917°ECoordinates: 50°4′35.93″N 7°23′17.13″E / 50.0766472°N 7.3880917°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| District | Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis | |
| Municipal assoc. | Kastellaun | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Joachim Mertes | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 13.45 km2 (5.19 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 408 m (1,339 ft) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 879 | |
| • Density | 65/km2 (170/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 56290 | |
| Dialling codes | 06762 | |
| Vehicle registration | SIM | |
| Website | www |
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Buch is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (district) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Kastellaun, whose seat is in the like-named town.
The municipality lies on a ridge in the Hunsrück between the deeply cut valleys of two local streams, the Wohnrother Bach and the Dünnbach at an elevation of some 400 m above sea level. The municipality’s centres (Ortsteile) of Buch and Mörz lie some 45 km southsouthwest of Koblenz and 4 km west of Kastellaun.
In 1052, Buch had its first documentary mention. In 1332, Louis the Bavarian acknowledged to Archbishop Baldwin of Trier all the holdings of the Archiepiscopal Foundation of Trier, among which were Balduinseck (castle) and Buch. Buch belonged to the Beltheim court. Until the late 15th century, it is known that there was a knightly family named “von Buch”. Beginning in 1794, Buch lay under French rule. In 1815 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. Since 1946, it has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The municipality in its current form came into being on 17 March 1974 through the amalgamation of the municipality of Buch with what was until then the self-administering municipality of Mörz.
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