This district, southwest of Erlangen’s old town, was first mentioned in documents in 996 as “marca Buochinebah”.
Like many other Erlangen districts, the village's history reveals many different affiliations over the centuries. In 1810, Büchenbach, with a population of 480, finally fell to Bavaria. Population growth and the simultaneous lack of subsistence led to many emigrations in the first half of the 19th century, and with industrialization, to increasing economic dependence on the city of Erlangen. Therefore, it was finally incorporated into Erlangen in 1923.
Starting with the construction of the suburban housing estate (from 1932), buildings on Häuslinger Straße, at the cemetery and on Straßberg (1950s/1960s), Büchenbach developed from the end of the 1960s onwards – among other things through the construction of the Main-Danube Canal, which divided the local area, the Würzburger Ring and In der Reuth - to the largest new development area in Erlangen.
Today, this heavily urbanized town is home to approximately 16.000 residents (as of 2017). However, some village structures still exist in the social life of the old town center. There are still several farms, long-established artisans, and retail stores. The historic buildings have also been largely preserved.
