Buckow

Buckow
Town
View from Buckowsee
Coat of arms
Location of Buckow within Märkisch-Oderland district
Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	Horst Fittler[1] (CDU)
Area
• Total	14.31 km2 (5.53 sq mi)
Highest elevation	40 m (130 ft)
Lowest elevation	27 m (89 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	1,503
• Density	110/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	15377
Dialling codes	033433
Vehicle registration	MOL
Website	www.buckow-online.de

Buckow (German pronunciation:

Buckow is located about 8 km (5.0 mi) northwest of

From about 1249/50 the Ascanian margraves of Brandenburg took control over Lubusz Land, initially rivalling with the Prince-Archbishops of Magdeburg. Buchowe was first mentioned in a 1253 deed issued by Archbishop Rudolf von Dingelstädt. It is also mentioned in the 1375 land register of Emperor Charles IV and already is called an oppidum in a 1405 purchase contract.

Buckow was devastated during a Hussite campaign on 17 April 1432. The House of Hohenzollern elector Frederick II of Brandenburg vested the farming citizens with market rights in 1465. During early modern times, Buckow evolved to a centre of hop growing and brewing. The town privileges were officially confirmed in 1550.

In the 17th century the estates were held by the Pfuel noble family and in 1688 were acquired by the Brandenburgian field marshal Heino Heinrich von Flemming, who had the Baroque Buckow Castle erected, which, rebuilt in a 19th-century Neoclassical style according to plans designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, was heavily damaged in World War II and demolished in 1948. The extended English landscape gardens have been preserved.

With the opening of the

Politics

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Seats in the municipal assembly (Stadtverordnetenversammlung) as of 2014 local elections:

• Christian Democratic Union (CDU): 4
• Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD): 3
• The Left (Die Linke): 2
• Pro Zukunft (Independent): 1

Demography

International relations

Buckow is

• Brilon, Germany
• Łagów, Świebodzin County, Poland
• Adare (Áth Dara), Ireland^[4]

Personalities

• Theodor Fontane (1819-1898), author, wrote in the Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg in volume 2 "The Oderland" about Buckow
• Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956), writer, lived in Buckow in 1952-1956
• Helene Weigel, (1900-1971), actress, lived in Buckow in 1952-1971
• Ralf Dahrendorf (1929-2009), sociologist and politician, attended a boarding school in Buckow from 1941 to 1944

References