Bückeburg | |
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 Long Street with the Lutheran Bückeburg Church | |
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Location of Bückeburg within Schaumburg district  | |
 Location of Bückeburg | |
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| Coordinates:52°15′39″N09°02′57″E / 52.26083°N 9.04917°E /52.26083; 9.04917 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Lower Saxony |
| District | Schaumburg |
| Subdivisions | 13 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2021–26) | Axel Wohlgemuth[1] (CDU) |
| Area | |
• Total | 68.9 km2 (26.6 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 63 m (207 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 19,754 |
| • Density | 287/km2 (743/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:[ˈbʏkəbʊʁk]ⓘ;Northern Low Saxon:Bückeborg) is a town inLower Saxony, Germany, on the border with North Rhine Westphalia. It is located in the district ofSchaumburg close to the northern slopes of theWeserbergland ridge. Bückeburg has a population of 21,030.[3]
Until theGerman Revolution of 1918–1919, Bückeburg was the capital of the tiny principality ofSchaumburg-Lippe. Schaumburg-Lippe continued to be an independent German state (Free state) until 1946.
Houses began to gather around the castlec. 1365 and were protected by a city wall in the 17th century. In the 19th century, it was connected to theMinden and Hanover Railway and housed asynagogue.[4] The poetJ. G. von Herder was court preacher here from 1771 to 1776.[5]
Bückeburg is a former British garrison town and had a number of British residents until recently. Most of the British residents worked at theBritish Military Hospital (BMH) inRinteln, or in the local EnglishPrince Rupert School, also inRinteln. The number of British military residents in Bückeburg decreased significantly in the late 1990s, when BMH Rinteln closed down, however the staff ofPrince Rupert School were still based in Bückeburg until the closure of the school in July 2014.
Bückeburg Palace (Schloss Bückeburg) was the residence of the Princes ofSchaumburg-Lippe. Although the Princely family surrendered political power in 1918, they still own it and live there today. The palace, part of which is open to the public, is a major tourist attraction and houses significant works of art, as well as a notable library. The history of the building spans 700 years, with the most important contributions stemming from the 16th, 17th, and 19th centuries.
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The Princely Mausoleum in the palace grounds is open to the public as well. Built in 1915 in Neo-Romanic style and resembling the RomanPantheon, it is the world's largest private sepulchre still in use. Thecupola is adorned by an impressive gold mosaic, the second largest of its kind after the one in theHagia 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.
Bückeburg is also home to ahelicopter museum, which features the early drawings of flying objects byLeonardo da Vinci as well as 40 actual helicopters. TheGerman Army'sArmy Aviators School usingBückeburg Air Base is located here.
The Town Church of Bückeburg (Bückeburger Stadtkirche) was one of the firstLutheran churches built after theReformation. It is known for its pulpit and especially for the ornately decorated bronze-cast font, made by the Dutch artistAdriaen de Vries. ComposerJohann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732–1795), a son ofJ.S. Bach, worked at the Bückeburg court from before 1751 until his death, first as aharpsichordist, then, from 1759, as Konzertmeister (director) of the Hofkapelle (court orchestra) there. Bach is buried in the churchyard of the Stadtkirchengemeinde-Bückeburg. Bach set several texts byJohann Gottfried Herder, who was at the Bückeburg court as its superintendent and chief preacher from 1771–1776.
| 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) |
| Averageprecipitation 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 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 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 monthlysunshine 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] | |||||||||||||
Bückeburg has a railway station and is served by line S1 of theHanover S-Bahn. There are hourly train services between Bückeburg,Minden andHanover.
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