Buchen: facts

At a glance

• Country: Germany
• Region: Schleswig-Holstein
• Administrative status: seat of a fourth-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA4)
• Population: approximately 5,442
• Coordinates: 53.4801° N, 10.6176° E
• Time zone: Europe/Berlin (UTC+01:00 standard, UTC+02:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Euro (EUR)
• Distance to the capital, Berlin: 215 km (134 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Lübeck Blankensee Airport (LBC): 37 km (23 mi), straight line
• Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM): 45 km (28 mi), straight line
• Rostock-Laage Airport (RLG): 120 km (74 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Fitzen: 2.5 km (1.6 mi)
• Witzeeze: 3.2 km (2.0 mi)
• Brothen: 3.3 km (2.1 mi)
• Siebeneichen: 3.4 km (2.1 mi)
• Mussen: 3.8 km (2.4 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Bergedorf, 26 km (16 mi)