Buch

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Buch

Total population

416

Coordinates47.72°, 8.78°

Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Buch is a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Eugen Huber

Swiss lawyer (1849-1923)

Conrad Beck

Swiss composer (1901-1989)

B

Bernhard Stamm

Swiss politician (1920-2007)

D

Daniela Baumer

Canoe racer

M

Martin Stamm

Swiss surgeon (1847-1918)

Isabelle Waldberg

Swiss sculptor (1911-1990)

P

Petrus I

German abbot

J

Johann Jakob Stamm

Swiss entrepreneur (1843-1905)

H

Hans Büchi

Swiss boxer

K

Karl Dreher

German engineer (d. 1906)

G

Georg Kummer

botanist (1885-1954)

D

David von Winkelsheim

(1460-1526)

Rosmarie Tissi

Swiss graphic designer

F

Felix Tissi

Swiss film director and screenwriter

L

Laura Tschopp

Swiss volleyball player

Harold Haefner

Swiss geographer

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Schaffhausen

• Ramsen
  1.5 mi away · pop. 1,375
• Dörflingen
  3 mi away · pop. 907
• Hemishofen
  3.6 mi away · pop. 441
• Thayngen
  4.1 mi away · pop. 5,151
• Barzheim
  4.1 mi away
• Stein am Rhein
  5.3 mi away · pop. 3,334
• Lohn SH
  5.9 mi away · pop. 740
• Stetten SH
  5.9 mi away · pop. 1,292
• Bibern SH
  6.3 mi away · pop. 248
• Büttenhardt
  6.6 mi away · pop. 438
• Hofen SH
  6.7 mi away · pop. 136
• Opfertshofen SH
  7 mi away · pop. 141

Browse all places in Schaffhausen →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Buch

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Common Sunburst Lichen

Xanthoria parietina

Seen 2026-09-20

Netted shield lichen

Parmelia sulcata

Seen 2026-09-20

Stonewall Rim Lichen

Protoparmeliopsis muralis

Seen 2026-09-20

Himalayan balsam

Impatiens glandulifera

Seen 2026-09-20

Eurasian Beaver

Castor fiber

Seen 2026-09-20

Painted Lady

Vanessa cardui

Seen 2026-09-20

hairy curtain crust

Stereum hirsutum

Seen 2026-09-20

European Chub

Squalius cephalus

Seen 2026-09-20

Sulphur Firedot

Gyalolechia flavovirescens

Seen 2026-09-20

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers