Church Buchberg and Rüdlingen

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The church of Rüdlingen and Buchberg has only been standing in its beautiful location between the two villages with a unique view of the Rhine and the Flaachtal valley since 1850. A small church in Rüdlingen , the St. Margarethen church, is mentioned as early as 1130. It was probably destroyed by a fire in the 13th century and never rebuilt. St. Jacob's Church above the vicarage on today's cemetery grounds is also mentioned in documents. It originally belonged to the parish of Lottstetten. In the early years of the Reformation, Buchberg and Rüdlingen (at that time they were still a single parish) joined the Reformed denomination, as did the entire canton of Schaffhausen. Despite several renovations in the 17th and 18th centuries, St. Jakob's Church became increasingly dilapidated. The two communities finally decided to demolish the old church and rebuild it on its current site.