Büchen

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Büchen
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Büchen
Büchen (Germany)
Büchen
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Schleswig-Holstein
District Herzogtum Lauenburg
Municipal assoc. Büchen
Mayor Uwe Möller (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area 16.85 km² (6.5 sq mi)
Elevation 20 m  (66 ft)
Population 5,483  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 325 /km² (843 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate RZ
Postal code 21514
Area code 04155
Website www.buechen.de

Coordinates: 53°29′00″N 10°37′00″E / 53.483333, 10.616667

Büchen is a municipality in the district of Lauenburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated on the Elbe-Lübeck Canal, approx. 13 km northeast of Lauenburg/Elbe, and 45 km east of Hamburg.

Büchen is the seat of the Amt ("collective municipality") Büchen.