Buchloe

Buchloe
Town
General view of the town
Coat of arms
Location of Buchloe within Ostallgäu district
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Coordinates: 48°2′15″N 10°43′30″E / 48.03750°N 10.72500°E / 48.03750; 10.72500
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Schwaben
District	Ostallgäu
Municipal assoc.	Buchloe
Government
• Mayor (2020–26)	Robert Pöschl[1] (CSU)
Area
• Total	36.16 km2 (13.96 sq mi)
Elevation	627 m (2,057 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	13,904
• Density	380/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	86807
Dialling codes	08241, 08246
Vehicle registration	OAL
Website	www.buchloe.de

Buchloe (German pronunciation: [buːxˈloːə]) is a community raised to town status in 1954, being in Ostallgäu in Bavaria. Together with the neighbouring communities of Jengen, Lamerdingen and Waal, Buchloe belongs to the Administrative Community of Buchloe.

Buchloe is right on Bundesautobahn 96 (Munich–Buchloe–Memmingen–Lindau) with interchanges with Bundesstraße ("Federal Highway") 12 (Lindau by way of Munich and Passau to Philippsreut) and is known as the "Gateway to the Allgäu". Buchloe station is an important railway hub for traffic on the Munich–Kempten–Lindau route on the Munich–Buchloe and the Buchloe–Lindau lines (KBS 970) and on the Augsburg–Buchloe and the Buchloe–Memmingen lines with their IC services and direct services into Switzerland by EuroCity-Express.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Buchloe.

• Official website (in German)
• Buchloe Bavarian Red Cross
• Buchloe Volunteer Fire Brigade
• Buchloe Wasserwacht
• Buchloe Parish
• Almshouse in Lindenberg neighbourhood