Buchberg

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Buchberg

Total population

847

Coordinates47.57°, 8.56°

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

Overview

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

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Fritz Näf

Swiss conductor

Adolf Keller

Swiss theologian (1872-1963)

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Adolf Angst

W

Walter Baumgartner

Swiss bicycle racer

G

Gustav Stengele

German politician and journalist (1861-1917)

E

Emmi Creola-Maag

swiss copywriter and inventor of the character Betty Bossi, 1912-2006

Sereina Trachsel

cyclist

J

Julius Scheuble

German civil servant (1890-1964)

F

Franz Josef Würtenberger

German farmer and geologist (1818-1889)

Rudolf Ringger

Swiss painter (1841-1908)

Thomas Würtenberger

German paleontologist (1836–1903)

H

Heinrich Würtenberger

German farmer and gardener (1852–1926)

H

Hugo Crone

Swiss jurist (1929-2008)

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Ida Stengele

German politician

L

Leopold Würtenberger

German paleontologist (1846-1886)

S

Salomon Volkart

Swiss merchant (1816-1893)

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

Nearby places in Schaffhausen

• Rüdlingen
  0.7 mi away · pop. 754
• Osterfingen
  7.1 mi away
• Guntmadingen
  7.8 mi away · pop. 227
• Wilchingen
  7.9 mi away · pop. 1,713
• Neuhausen am Rheinfall
  8 mi away · pop. 11,834
• Neunkirch
  8.6 mi away · pop. 2,023
• Beringen
  8.7 mi away · pop. 4,118
• Löhningen
  8.9 mi away · pop. 1,368
• Trasadingen
  9 mi away · pop. 595
• Schaffhausen
  9.2 mi away · pop. 35,927
• Gächlingen
  9.4 mi away · pop. 1,029
• Oberhallau
  9.9 mi away · pop. 433

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.

Recently spotted species

Old World Swallowtail

Papilio machaon

Seen 2026-09-25

Leek Grasshopper

Mecostethus parapleurus

Seen 2026-09-25

Long-winged Conehead

Conocephalus fuscus

Seen 2026-09-25

Mediterranean Spiny False Wolf Spider

Zoropsis spinimana

Seen 2026-09-25

Linden shield lichen

Parmelina tiliacea

Seen 2026-09-24

common greenshield lichen

Flavoparmelia caperata

Seen 2026-09-24

Elf Ears lichen

Normandina pulchella

Seen 2026-09-23

annual fleabane

Erigeron annuus

Seen 2026-09-22

Old man's beard

Clematis vitalba

Seen 2026-09-22

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

Official Identifiers