It lies in the outside of the Elbe valley between the Dresden Heath and the Schoenfeld Upland.
It was first mentioned in 1349, in 1839 it formed a country commune together with Quohren and in 1921 it became incorporated into Dresden.
It lies an average altitude of about 240 metres above sea level, although the terrain is very bumpy.
In the southeast of the municipal area, the land rises to more than 300 metres above sea level at the Schoenfeld Upland.
South of the municipal area lies Goennsdorf (Gönnsdorf); which is part of the district Schoenfeld-Weissig (Schönfeld-Weißig); in the east of Buehlau it borders at Weissig (Weißig).
"[1] The residential area (villa quarter) of New Buehlau (Neubühlau) is located in the north and west.
Several bus routes, including the 61 and 84 of the DVB, as well as several lines of Müller Busreisen and the RVD head for Bühlau.