Bückeburg
Bückeburg | |
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Location of Bückeburg within Schaumburg district | |
Schaumburg | |
Subdivisions | 13 |
Government | |
• Mayor (2021–26) | Axel Wohlgemuth[1] (CDU) |
Area | |
• Total | 68.84 km2 (26.58 sq mi) |
Elevation | 63 m (207 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 19,701 |
• Density | 290/km2 (740/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 31675 |
Dialling codes | 05722 |
Vehicle registration | SHG |
Website | www.bueckeburg.de |
Bückeburg (German pronunciation:
History
Until the
Houses began to gather around the castle c. 1365 and were protected by a city wall in the 17th century. In the 19th century, it was connected to the
Bückeburg is a former British garrison town and had a number of British residents until recently. Most of the British residents worked at the British Military Hospital (BMH) in Rinteln, or in the local English Prince Rupert School, also in Rinteln. The number of British military residents in Bückeburg decreased significantly in the late 1990s, when BMH Rinteln closed down, however the staff of Prince Rupert School were still based in Bückeburg until the closure of the school in July 2014.
Buildings
Bückeburg Palace
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Drawing of Bückeburg along the Weser in 1520 during the Hildesheim Diocesan Feud, Drawing by Johannes Krabbe
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Entrance gate to the palace (16th century)
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Aerial view of Bückeburg Palace: On the left is the old Renaissance building, with a tower grouped around an inner courtyard. The neo-baroque extension consists of a wing on the right and two separate wing buildings in front. The old moat still runs around the complex, but without the former defensive ramps.
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The front facade of the palace.
The Princely Mausoleum in the palace grounds is open to the public as well. Built in 1915 in Neo-Romanic style and resembling the Roman Pantheon, it is the world's largest private sepulchre still in use. The cupola is adorned by an impressive gold mosaic, the second largest of its kind after the one in the Hagia Sophia.
In the period around 1950 when the Royal Air Force had a base nearby, the children of the service families attended a school in the Schloss.
Helicopter Museum
Bückeburg is also home to a
Bückeburg Church
The Town Church of Bückeburg (Bückeburger Stadtkirche) was one of the first
Climate
Climate data for Bückeburg (1991–2020 normals) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 4.6 (40.3) |
5.6 (42.1) |
9.3 (48.7) |
13.9 (57.0) |
18.5 (65.3) |
21.2 (70.2) |
24.0 (75.2) |
23.7 (74.7) |
19.5 (67.1) |
13.8 (56.8) |
8.2 (46.8) |
4.7 (40.5) |
13.9 (57.0) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 2.8 (37.0) |
3.1 (37.6) |
5.8 (42.4) |
10.0 (50.0) |
13.8 (56.8) |
16.9 (62.4) |
19.0 (66.2) |
18.7 (65.7) |
14.9 (58.8) |
10.4 (50.7) |
6.4 (43.5) |
3.5 (38.3) |
10.3 (50.5) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −0.1 (31.8) |
−0.1 (31.8) |
2.2 (36.0) |
5.0 (41.0) |
8.9 (48.0) |
11.6 (52.9) |
14.1 (57.4) |
14.0 (57.2) |
11.1 (52.0) |
7.1 (44.8) |
3.4 (38.1) |
0.3 (32.5) |
6.5 (43.7) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 58.3 (2.30) |
45.2 (1.78) |
46.3 (1.82) |
40.6 (1.60) |
63.2 (2.49) |
59.0 (2.32) |
71.4 (2.81) |
76.1 (3.00) |
60.5 (2.38) |
59.7 (2.35) |
56.4 (2.22) |
56.1 (2.21) |
716.8 (28.22) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 18.2 | 16.1 | 15.8 | 13.6 | 13.8 | 14.7 | 15.5 | 15.1 | 13.9 | 16.0 | 17.7 | 18.4 | 191.3 |
Average snowy days (≥ 1.0 cm) | 4.1 | 4.7 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 3.5 | 15.6 |
Average relative humidity (%)
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82.8 | 79.7 | 75.8 | 70.1 | 69.0 | 70.2 | 69.8 | 70.7 | 76.6 | 81.5 | 84.5 | 84.6 | 76.6 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 46.4 | 69.8 | 112.2 | 177.0 | 203.3 | 202.1 | 217.6 | 197.4 | 144.9 | 104.9 | 49.1 | 38.8 | 1,551.8 |
Source: NOAA[6]
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Transport
Bückeburg has a railway station and is served by line S1 of the Hanover S-Bahn. There are hourly train services between Bückeburg, Minden and Hanover.
Notable people
- Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732–1795), composer, local harpsichordist and in 1759, concertmaster.
- Thomas Abbt (1738–1766), writer and philosopher, Government and consistorial council, died locally
- Johann Gottfried Herder (1744–1803), poet, theologian and philosopher, worked from 1771 to 1775 as the main preacher, superintendent and consistorial councilor in Bückeburg
- Friedrich Accum (1769–1838), chemist, worked on gas lighting
- August von Herder (1776–1838), geologist and mineralogist
- Iwan Müller (1786–1854), composer and instrument maker, died locally
- Heinrich Strack (1805–1880), architect
- Theodore Otto Langerfeldt (1841–1906), German-American architectural renderer, water-colourist, and painter.
- Hermann Löns (1866–1914), journalist and writer, from 1907 to 1909 editor of the local newspaper
- Wilhelm Külz (1875–1948), politician, local mayor from 1904 to 1912, lord mayor from 1909; national minister from 1926
- Reichstagsbrandprocess; worked locally from 1945 until 1948 in city admin.
- Karl Lieffen (1926–1999), actor, trained at the local Army Music School
- Hans Blum (born 1928), pianist, bassist, composer, trained at the local Army Music School
- James Last (1929–2015), bassist, composer and bandleader, was trained at the local Army Music School
- Horst Fischer (1930–1986), trumpeter, trained at the local Army Music School
- Reinhold Kauder (born 1950), slalom canoeist, team silver medallist at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Timo Maas (born 1969), musician and remixer
- AUDI AG.
- Robert Palikuča (born 1978), a Croatian football executive and former player, played over 270 games
Aristocracy
- Schaumburg-Lippe.
- Schaumburg-Lippe.
- Georg Wilhelm, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (1784–1860), a Count and later Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe.
- Louise Lehzen(1784–1870), from 1814 to 1842 the governess and later companion to Queen Victoria; lived from locally 1842 to 1870
- Viktor von Strauß und Torney (1809-1899), a princely minister, church poet and Ehrenbürger of Dresden.
- Schaumburg-Lippe.
- Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe (1821–1899), was a member of the House of Schaumburg-Lippe
- Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe (1834–1906), member of the House of Lippe.
- Princess Hermine of Schaumburg-Lippe (1845–1930), member of the princely family of Schaumburg-Lippe
- George, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (1846–1911), ruler of the Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe
- Karl von Plettenberg (1852–1938), general of the infantry, lived in Bückeburg
- Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe (1859–1916), prince of the House of Schaumburg-Lippe
Notes
- Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. 13 October 2021.
- Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
- ^ "Bückeburg". Archived from the original on 2011-06-22. Retrieved 2010-01-07.
- ^ EB (1878).
- ^ EB (1911).
- ^ "Bückeburg Climate Normals 1991–2020". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Archived from the original on 16 September 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
References
- Baynes, T. S., ed. (1878), Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 4 (9th ed.), New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, p. 415 ,
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911), , Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 4 (11th ed.), Cambridge University Press, p. 720