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| Schloss Park with Panke The park with its very old trees and idyllic walks and bridges is one of Buch's jewels. At the end of the 17th century Baron von Pöllnitz built the park in the Dutch style and diverted into it the water from the small River Panke to create ponds and canals. Today the Schlosspark has 14 bridges including the smallest one in Berlin. On the former site of Bucher Castle is a gaping hole - in 1964 in the Ulbricht era it was demolished on ideological grounds like so many houses of the nobility. Read more about Buch's history  |
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| Buch Schlosskirche, Alt-Buch 36 The church, which is in the baroque style, is on the Alt-Buch Strasse ; its red distempered walls and white columns and pillars are eye-catching. This is home to the Buch Evangelical Parish. In the neighboring cemetery are buried the family of the Voss estate and the Berlin mayor, Adolf Wermuth. The church was built by the architect Friedrich Wilhelm Diterich during the period 1731-1736 but was completely destroyed by fire following bombing in 1943. The re-building of the church has been carried out over a period of decades and is still not completely finished. This work is being financed by donations. |
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| Berlin-Buch Campus, Robert Rössle Str. 10 Today, the 32 hectare site is host to one of the largest technology parks in Germany with research institutes, clinics and biotech companies. A sculpture park on the campus acts as a bridge between the arts and sciences. Almost all the building on the campus have been renovated or rebuilt in the last 12 years. A cemetery was planned on the site at the start of the 20th century. However, it was never used because the water-table was too high. From this period come the gatehouse and the buildings of the present Life Sciences Learning Laboratory. Read more about Research and Biotechnology |
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| Buch Künstlerhof (artists square), Alt-Buch 45-51 Most of the protected historical buildings that you find on the square today are from around 1890 and were stables or barns. The start of the former estate goes back to the time of the first mention of Buch in 1342. This was where the Buch landed gentry lived and were engaged agricultural pursuits. The yellow painted living quarters of the estate manager is today the oldest former dwelling house in Buch and it was built around 1800. From 1980 studios, open working places and lofts were built for artists. The Berlin Region has announced that it is to sell the square and Buch is hoping for a buyer who will use it for cultural purposes. |
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| Wiltbergstrasse The midpoint of the center of Buch is the S-bahn station which was built in 1879 and is now a protected historic building. Wiltbergstrasse has become the main shopping street in Buch. Here, between the S-Bahnstrasse and Panke, their is a new shopping center for the citizens of Buch - the Schlosspark Passage. A large Park & Ride square makes it possible to commute from the suburbs, rapidly and comfortably via public transport, into the center of Berlin. |
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| Karower Strasse Clinic site The 67.5 hectare site with its impressive buildings in the Dutch early baroque style was the first hospital complex built by the Berlin city head of planning, Ludwig Hoffmann, in Buch in 1906. It consists of 45 protected historic buildings. |
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| Water Tower Built in 1912/13, the Buch water tower is 43 meters high and one of the largest constructions of its type, in spite of it not having a top. It is on the site of the former Ludwig Hoffmann Hospital. Hoffmann completed the so-called Old People's Home which consisted of 21 buildings in 1909. The water tower was still being used in 1998 to supply water to the Buch hospitals. In July 2002 the tower was sold to an investor, who intends to build residential housing there or even a tower cafe if the authorities agree. Read more about the history of the Buch hospital buildings |
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| "Stones without Borders" (Buch Forest - Hobrechtsfelder Chaussee) In the Buch forest, since 2000, walkers have been able to enjoy art under the title "Stones without Borders". Two permanent lines of sculpture cover a stretch of about 5 kilometers and on show are 49 sculptures made from stone, metal and wood. International and domestic sculptors from a wide variety of countries like Argentina and Senegal to Finland and the USA produced these during an international sculpture symposium held in Buch in 2000. The organizers of the symposium want this to be a signs of communication between peoples and tolerance. The goal is to take part in the dream of the founder of the symposium's concept, Otto Freundlich, to construct a road of sculptures from Paris to Moscow. |