Bücken

Bücken

Coat of arms
Bücken
Location of Bücken within Nienburg/Weser district
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Coordinates: 52°46′N 9°8′E / 52.767°N 9.133°E / 52.767; 9.133Coordinates: 52°46′N 9°8′E / 52.767°N 9.133°E / 52.767; 9.133
Country Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Nienburg/Weser
Municipal assoc. Grafschaft Hoya
Government
 • Mayor Wilhelm Schröder (Wählergruppe Bücken)
Area
 • Total 32 km2 (12 sq mi)
Elevation 18 m (59 ft)
Population (2017-12-31)[1]
 • Total 2,121
 • Density 66/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 27333
Dialling codes 04251
Vehicle registration NI
Website www.hoya-weser.de

Bücken is a municipality in the district of Nienburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

Quarters

Bücken church

History

An Abbey was established here in Bücken in the year 882 by Rimbert, Archbishop of Bremen. On Bücken’s market place stands a monument which serves as a reminder of the unusual legend surrounding its origin: a donkey is said to have indicated the site where the church was to be built.

About 1050, the original wooden structure was replaced by a relatively small stone edifice which was expanded in several stages of construction until the year 1350. With the dissolution of the Abbey and its property after the reformation, the church feel partly to ruin and remained so until its full restoration through Adelbert Hotzen in the years 1863–1867. Since 1413 Bücken is a market town.

Notable people

References

  1. ↑ Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen, Tabelle 12411: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2017
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