Buch am Forst
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| Ortsteil of Lichtenfels, Bavaria | |
St. Maria Magdalena Evangelical Lutheran Church
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 Buch am Forst
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| Coordinates: 50°09′N 11°44′E / 50.150°N 11.733°ECoordinates: 50°09′N 11°44′E / 50.150°N 11.733°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Bavaria |
| Admin. region | Oberfranken |
| District | Lichtenfels (district) |
| Town | Lichtenfels, Bavaria |
| Elevation | 334 m (1,096 ft) |
| Population (2012-05-02) | |
| • Total | 572 |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Postal codes | 96215 |
| Dialling codes | 09571 |
| Vehicle registration | LIF |
Buch am Forst is a village of 572 inhabitants (8 May 2012) in the city-district (Kreisstadt) of Lichtenfels in the state of Bavaria in Germany. It is 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) northwest of Lichtenfels and at the western edge of the Lichtenfels Forest (Lichtenfelser Forst). Bundesautobahn 73 [Federal Highway] runs approximately a half-mile (1 km) to the east, while Kreisstraße [District Road] LIF27 goes through the village itself.
The first recorded mention of Buch am Forst was in 1215, when its name was spelled as Buoch. At that time, it was a part of the joint inheritance (Ganerbschaft) of the Banz Abbey, the district of Lichtenfels of the Bishopric of Bamberg and the senior line of the von Redwitz family. In 1225 Hermann von Arnstein donated to the Banz Abbey a property in Buch, previously owned by Hugo von Merzebach, and a place, where the Gutenfels Castle was built. But the village still belonged partly to the Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg and partly to the Saxon Duchies until the end of the Holy Roman Empire. On 21 August 1811 the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha handed Buch am Forst completely over to the Kingdom of Bavaria. The kingdom then assigned Buch am Forst to the Mainkreis [District of the Main River], which later became Obermainkreis [District of the Upper Main River] in 1817 and then Oberfranken (Upper Franconia) in 1838. Until the end of World War I, Buch am Forst sat on the border between Saxe-Coburg and Bavaria and served as the customs office for Bavaria. It also had a Forestry Office for the nearby Forest of Lichtenfels. In 1818, it merged with the hamlets of Hammer, Seehof and Forsthub to form a single municipality. Throughout the 1830s, it had a manor, a brewery and 2 mills as well as the customs and forestry offices. By 1912, it had gained a post office but the nearest train station was 2.5 miles (4 km) away at Scherneck-Siemau.
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