Bücken

Bücken is a municipality in the district of Nienburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

Bücken
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Bücken within Nienburg/Weser district
Bücken Show map of Germany Bücken Show map of Lower Saxony
Coordinates: 52°46′N 9°8′E
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Nienburg/Weser
Municipal assoc.	Grafschaft Hoya
Subdivisions	5
Government
• Mayor	Wilhelm Schröder
Area
• Total	32 km2 (12 sq mi)
Elevation	18 m (59 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)[1]
• Total	2,138
• Density	67/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	27333
Dialling codes	04251
Vehicle registration	NI
Website	www.hoya-weser.de

Quarters

• Altenbücken
• Bücken
• Calle
• Dedendorf
• Duddenhausen

Bücken church

History

An Abbey was established here in Bücken in the year 882 by Rimbert, Archbishop of Bremen. On Bücken’s market place stands a monument which serves as a reminder of the unusual legend surrounding its origin: a donkey is said to have indicated the site where the church was to be built.

About 1050, the original wooden structure was replaced by a relatively small stone edifice which was expanded in several stages of construction until the year 1350. With the dissolution of the Abbey and its property after the reformation, the church fell partly to ruin and remained so until its full restoration through Adelbert Hotzen in the years 1863–1867. Since 1413 Bücken has been a market town.

Notable people

• Georg Dietrich Leyding, 1664–1710, German composer and organist
• Carl Koldewey, 1837–1908, German Arctic explorer
• William Wrede, 1859-1906, German Lutheran theologian