Oberschleißheim

History

Originally, the area was called "Sleizheim" or "Sliusheim" for centuries. Not until the 19th Century was it divided into an (upper) Oberschleissheim and a (lower) Unterschleissheim for population and political reasons. The small hamlet of Mittenheim lay between the two communities. There is evidence that the area was inhabited as far back as the Bronze Age and the Roman Age. The first surviving document in which Schleißheim is mentioned comes from the year 785 AD in which Rihpalt von Slivesheim donated his estate to the diocese of Freising. The hamlet “Schleyßaim” was already a village with several farms as early as the 12th century. The small church of St. Martin in Mallertshofen is a Romanesque church that was built in the Schleissheim area in the first half of the 13th century. The community suffered heavy losses during the Thirty Years' War (1618–48). In 1702 a Franciscan monastery was established in the hamlet of Mittenheim. In the late 19th and early 20th century Mittenheim was the home of German artist Otto Hupp. During World War II, Oberschleißheim was the location of two subcamps of the Dachau concentration camp.

Geography

The area is about 17 Kilometers north of Munich city and about 23 Kilometers south of Freising. The area lies between the River Isar and the River Amper. It was originally part of an ancient wetland known as the Dachauer Moos, filled with moors and marshlands, (some parts are still preserved as wetlands).

Most-observed species

• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  8,084
• Carrion Crow

  Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  7,614
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  6,613
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  5,924
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  5,093
• Great Spotted Woodpecker

  Dendrocopos major (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  5,047
• Common Chaffinch

  Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  4,353
• Graylag Goose

  Anser anser (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  4,175

Most recent

• M 3.7 — 2021-08-16
  1 km S of Niederau, Austria
• M 3.8 — 2019-10-22
  4 km SE of Ebbs, Austria
• M 4 — 2010-10-19
  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