Fahrenzhausen

History

There is archeological evidence that the area was inhabited as far back as the Bronze Age. A Roman outpost was excavated as a station maintaining a section of the Roman Road from Augsburg to Regensburg just south of the modern community. The village was first mentioned by name in 1020 AD under the name "Varnolveshusa", (perhaps a certain "Farnolf" or "Varnolf" was the founder of the settlement). It was mentioned again in 1280 during the Wittelsbach Dynasty with the name 'Vornolzhusn'. A local Catholic church was first mentioned in 1315. Fahrenzhausen and the surrounding villages were most likely affected during the Thirty Years War, particularly during the Swedish march to Munich in 1632, or even the French attack in the Freising and Dachau area in 1648. During the Napoleonic Wars, French and Bavarian troops marched from Munich along the Isar towards Freising and Landshut, perhaps some units passing through the Fahrenzhausen area. They were en route to fight at the Battle of Landshut and the Battle of Eckmühl in April 1809. Fahrenzhausen became an independent political municipality during the Administrative Reforms in Bavaria in 1818. On June 25, 1844, a violent hailstorm destroyed all crops in Fahrenzhausen and neighboring villages. The next morning, the catholic faithful made a procession march from Fahrenzhausen to nearby Westerndorf, petitioning and praying to be spared such terrible storms in the future. The procession has taken place every year ever since, including during the two World Wars. It only had to be canceled in the Corona years 2020 and 2021. Near the end of the Second World War, units of the U.S. Army passed through Fahrenzhausen and the surrounding areas in late April 1945, shortly before the liberation of Dachau and Munich. During the…

Geography

Fahrenzhausen has several villages in its community: Appercha, Bachenhausen, Bergfeld, Grosseisenbach, Grossnöbach, Jarzt, Kammerberg, Lauterbach, Unterbruck, Viehbach and Weng. The areas around Fahrenzhausen consists of small rivers, creeks, marshland, forests and farmlands. The area is home to a variety of rare animal and plant species.

Most-observed species

• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  3,301
• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  3,289
• Carrion Crow

  Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  3,233
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  2,936
• Common Chaffinch

  Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,761
• Great Spotted Woodpecker

  Dendrocopos major (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  2,347
• Common Buzzard

  Buteo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  2,086
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,066

Most recent

• M 3.8 — 2019-10-22
  4 km SE of Ebbs, Austria
• M 2.7 — 2008-07-03
  2 km ESE of Oberhaching, Germany
• M 2.7 — 2008-06-14
  3 km S of Diedorf, Germany
• M 2.9 — 2006-01-31
  3 km NNW of Mariastein, Austria
• M 3.8 — 2004-07-22
  5 km SSE of Lenggries, Germany
• M 2.5 — 2003-11-13
  1 km SE of Brandenberg, Austria