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Buch: Official Land Value (Bodenrichtwert)

In and around Buch: elevation 389 m · slope 9.5% · solar irradiation 1091 kWh/m² · annual rainfall 706 mm · clay content 26.7% · earthquake exposure medium · average high temperature 21.6 °C · climate Cfb temperate oceanic · terrain low hills · 238 frost-free days · bedrock siliciclastic sedimentary · 1 kW panel yields 1104 kWh · surroundings 23% tree cover, 45% cropland · no flood event in the source dataset · soil density 1380 kg/m³.

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Buch lies at moderate elevation on sloping ground. Rainfall is scarce, yet irradiation stays limited. A soil and drainage survey is worth doing before building.

In Germany the official land value (Bodenrichtwert) is set by state expert committees each year as of 1 January.

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Location

Buch lies at 50.0799° north, 7.3870° east in Germany.

The nearest city in this archive is Bell (Hunsrück), roughly 3 km away; Germany covers 10751 places in total.

Soil was measured at the centre of Buch itself. The settlement falls outside the urban centre database, so no population time series is available. Measured elevation is 387 m and annual irradiation 1091 kWh/m². Earthquake exposure reads medium. 10 hazard categories have been assessed for this settlement.

Set against the 907 places in Germany with all these measurements, this one sits: in the highest fifth by elevation · steeper than the median · in the least sunny fifth · in the driest fifth · on more clay-rich soil than the median.

Nearby cities

Bell (Hunsrück)ZilshausenUhlerMastershausenKorweilerSosberg

Land values: BORIS-D (state valuation boards, 11 states) and BORIS-NRW / IT.NRW. Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, Saarland and Schleswig-Holstein are outside BORIS-D; no land value is shown for those states. Licence: Datenlizenz Deutschland Zero 2.0. Values cover 2011-2026. Place names and coordinates: © BKG 2026 dl-de/by-2-0 (Verwaltungsgebiete 1:250 000); Geobasis NRW (DVG).

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What is the terrain and climate like in Buch?

Elevation389 m — moderate elevation
Slope9.5% — steep; retaining walls and excavation raise costs noticeably
Solar irradiation1091 kWh/m² — low irradiation; panel yield stays limited
Annual rainfall706 mm — low rainfall
Temperature range-2.0 – 21.6 °C
Climate classCfb temperate oceanic
Landformlow hills
Frost-free period238 d
Surface temperature (day)18.1 °C
Relative humidity64%
Solar energy potential1104 kWh/kWp
Wetness index481.0

Source: OpenLandMap bare-earth DTM ensemble · 30 m · 2018 · last verified: 2026-09-21

Source: CHELSA V2.1 · 1 km · 1981-2010 · last verified: 2026-09-21

What is the soil like in Buch?

0-5 cm depth

Clay26.7% — balanced texture
Sand22.3%
Silt51.0%
Soil pH6.4 — slightly acidic; suits most crops
Organic carbon36.7 g/kg
Surface rocksiliciclastic sedimentary
Soil density1380 kg/m³
Water holding capacity31%
Erosion factor470.0

Measured at the city centre.

Source: SoilGrids — ISRIC World Soil Information · 250 m · 2020 · last verified: 2026-09-21

What amenities are near Buch?

Counted within a 3 km radius.

Schools0
Hospitals0
Hotels1
Museums0
Restaurants1
Supermarkets0

Source: OpenStreetMap contributors

Land cover and environment

Land covergrassland
Surroundings23% tree cover · 45% cropland · 29% grassland · 4% built-up
Vegetation index0.40
Settlement typerural
Population density691 /km²
Human impact30
CORINE classPastures
Industrial sites (5 km)0

Source: CORINE Land Cover — EEA · Industrial Emissions Portal — EEA · ESA WorldCover 10 m · GHS-SMOD — JRC · GHSL Urban Centre Database — JRC

Hazard profile for Buch

The assessment below applies at Germany level.

Earthquakemedium
River floodhigh
Urban floodhigh
Coastal floodhigh
Landslidemedium
Wildfirehigh
Water scarcitymedium
Extreme heatmedium
Tsunamivery low
Volcanomedium

Source: ThinkHazard! — World Bank / GFDRR · 2024 · last verified: 2026-09-21

Access and utilities

Nearest road 84 m (residential street) · Nearest main road 300 m (secondary road) · Power line 181 m

Measured from OpenStreetMap data. Legal road frontage and connection rights must be verified separately.

Where this place stands nationally

slope steeper than 75% of settlements in this country · farther from a road than 66% of them

Compared against every settlement in the same country.

What can be done here?

Housing access indicators:
✓ road 84m · power line 181m

Energy site screening indicators:
✓ main road 300m · power line 181m

Physical site indicators:
✓ main road 300m

Only physical conditions are assessed (access, slope, fabric, hazards). Planning status and building rights must be confirmed with the local authority. Power-line distance is measured from OpenStreetMap; grid capacity and connection feasibility are not assessed.

What grows on this land?

reed canary grass %45 · buckwheat %45 · pasture grasses %44 · camelina %34 · triticale %34 · rye %33

FAO/IIASA GAEZ v5 climate and soil suitability model, for rain-fed, high-input farming. The percentage is an average over roughly 14 km around the point.

Source: GAEZ v5 — FAO / IIASA · 1 km · 2001-2020

What changed in twenty years?

rising energy tobacco (+28), tomato (+16), soybean (+16) · falling pasture grasses (-8), potato (-8), camelina (-7)

Difference in suitability between 1981-2000 and 2001-2020.

Actual land sales

Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis · 2025 · district (Kreis) level

Average sale value 69 €/m² · sales 170 · Building-ready land 106 €/m²

Calculated from official title transfers. A Bodenrichtwert is an official VALUATION; this is the average of actual sales.

Land value and building rights

Official regional land value set by the valuation board.

Official zone value at this point 0.75 €/m² (agricultural land)

The official value at this point belongs to agricultural or forest land, not to a building zone; it is not the building-land value of the settlement.

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This is a zonal value, not the value of an individual plot.