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Buch: Official Land Value (Bodenrichtwert)

In and around Buch: elevation 292 m · slope 6.0% · solar irradiation 1103 kWh/m² · annual rainfall 703 mm · clay content 29.5% · earthquake exposure medium · average high temperature 22.2 °C · climate Cfb temperate oceanic · terrain low hills · 240 frost-free days · bedrock carbonate sedimentary · 1 kW panel yields 1090 kWh · no flood event in the source dataset · soil density 1260 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 50.2047° north, 7.8752° east in Germany.

The nearest city in this archive is Nastätten, roughly 1 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 282 m and annual irradiation 1103 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: above the median elevation · in the middle slope band · in the least sunny fifth · in the driest fifth · among the most clay-rich soils.

Nearby cities

NastättenBettendorfDiethardtOelsbergEndlichhofenMiehlen

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?

Elevation292 m — moderate elevation
Slope6.0% — steep; retaining walls and excavation raise costs noticeably
Solar irradiation1103 kWh/m² — moderate irradiation
Annual rainfall703 mm — low rainfall
Temperature range-2.0 – 22.2 °C
Climate classCfb temperate oceanic
Landformlow hills
Frost-free period240 d
Surface temperature (day)18.4 °C
Relative humidity63%
Solar energy potential1090 kWh/kWp
Wetness index817.0

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

Clay29.5% — clay-rich; swells when wet and shrinks when dry
Sand18.9%
Silt51.6%
Soil pH6.6 — near neutral; supports a wide range of crops
Organic carbon43.5 g/kg
Surface rockcarbonate sedimentary
Soil density1260 kg/m³
Water holding capacity32%
Erosion factor13.0

Measured at the city centre.

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

Land cover and environment

Vegetation index0.20
Settlement typerural
Human impact34
CORINE classDiscontinuous urban fabric
Industrial sites (5 km)0

Source: CORINE Land Cover — EEA · Industrial Emissions Portal — EEA · GHS-SMOD — 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 10 m (tertiary road) · Power line 357 m

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

Where this place stands nationally

farther from a road than 8% of them

Compared against every settlement in the same country.

What can be done here?

Housing access indicators:
✓ road 10m · power line 357m

Energy site screening indicators:
✓ main road 10m · power line 357m

Physical site indicators:
✓ main road 10m

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.

Actual land sales

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

Average sale value 82 €/m² · sales 151 · Building-ready land 118 €/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 65 €/m²

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