Events Fastnacht (Shrove Tuesday Night): the annual 'Faschenacht' festivities in Buchen have attracted thousands of visitors to the area every year for as long as anyone can remember. During the annual 'Fasching' pageant it is compulsory to at least kiss the backside of the symbolic figure, whose origins date back to the Middle Ages, the Buchen Blecker’’. Goldener Mai (Golden May) – Live jazz music combos perform at various pubs, restaurants and locales throughout Buchen. On the first Saturday in May of each year (not to be held in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic) The Vorsommerfest (Pre-Summer Festival) – Brass bands in the courtyard of the museum (Museumshof) on a weekend in the middle of June – including the Cellerbar ('Zeitmaschine': Time-machine) on Saturday. Organized by the City Band and the Catholic Church Choir (not to be held in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic) The Schützenmarkt'' [Marksmens' Club], a traditional regional fair held annually during the first week of September, with market stalls for shopping and amusement rides and food stands (not to be held in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic) The Buchen Cult-Night has been "combined" with Golden May on the same weekend in recent years (not to be held in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic) OW-ART (Art from the Odenwald), the Odenwald art fair, initiated by the artist Patris Semma and held at the Stadthalle Buchen Famous Personalities Sons and Daughters of the City 13th Century, Albrecht Pilgrim von Buchheim, Minnesinger (mentioned in the Codex Manesse) 1460, Konrad Wimpina, died 17 May 1531 in Amorbach, Roman Catholic Theologian 1672, Gottfried Bessel, died 1749 in Göttweig, abbot and scholar 1765, Marianne Kraus, painter and lady-in-waiting, sister of Joseph Martin Kraus 1830, 20 May, Wilhelm Emelé, died 11 October 1905 in Freiburg in the Breisgau, German battle painter Edmund Lang (1847–1914), Oberamtmann, official 1866, 24 March, Franz Josef Wittemann, died 10 September 1931 in Karlsruhe, German politician (centre), member of the Landtag (Baden), State President of Baden Jacob Mayer (1866-1939), dialect poet Pia Bauer (1871–1954), nestor of oncological care in Germany 1892, 30 June, Wilhelm Schnarrenberger, died 12 April 1966 in Karlsruhe, painter 1897, 10 July, Ludwig Schwerin, died 2 July 1983 in Ramat Gan, painter 1950, 21 September Wunibald Müller, German writer and pastoral psychologist 1952, 5 June, Heinz Fischer-Heidlberger, President of the Bavarian Chief Audit Office 1965, 17 September, Ulrike Ballweg, Co-trainer of the