Olching

Sister cities

• Feurs
• Tuchola

History

Olching is an old bavarii settlement and was first mentioned in the Early Middle Ages. In 740 the Agilolfingian duke Tassilo II of Bavaria bestowed the town, together with its church and flour mill, to the Benediktbeuern Abbey (the authenticity of this document is contested). The early Gothic church was replaced by the Romanesque basilica St. Peter und Paul in 1903. In 1258 Louis II, Duke of Bavaria founded a monastery as a form of penance for the execution of his wife Maria von Brabant, who had wrongfully been convicted of adultery. This monastery was relocated from Aibling to Olching in 1262. The monastery was relocated to Fürstenfeldbruck only one year later, either due to flooding or structural problems. The Fürstenfeld Abbey owned several estates in Olching until the period of secularization in Bavaria in 1802/1803. Olching suffered severely as a consequence of the Thirty Years' War, particularly after the city of Munich was taken by Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden in 1632. Only nine out of formerly 67 estates remained in Olching after 1648. In 1821 Olching (which had until then been administered by Dachau) was transferred to the newly founded of Fürstenfeldbruck, and in 1823 it also came under the jurisdiction of Fürstenfeldbruck. In 1834 the first school was established in Olching. Until 1839 Olching was still very rural with about 50 farms and approximately 300 inhabitants. This changed with the construction of the railway line between Munich to Augsburg. The line between Munich and Olching was completed on 27 October 1839 and the rail service commenced the following year. At the same time a wood pulp factory opened in Olching, which in turn led to a strong influx of workers. The predominantly working class population had a large influence on the social and…

Geography

Olching lies approximately halfway between Dachau and Fürstenfeldbruck, and stretches along both sides of the River Amper. There are two picturesque man-made lakes to the east of Olching, namely the Olchinger See (Lake Olching) and the eponymous Kleiner See (Small Lake), both of which border on the neighbouring municipality of Gröbenzell. In recent years, Olching has expanded considerably through new building work to meet the demand for housing outside Munich while taking advantage of its good communications, which allow a reasonable commute for those still working in the city and its outskirts. These new developments, especially Schwaigfeld, located north-east of the town centre — close to Olching's motorway exit — have attracted controversy amongst some locals for their apparently inconsistent planning and sometimes eclectic architecture. The ongoing influx of younger families into these new developments would appear to show that they have become a significant part of the modern Olching community, and the developments continue to grow and generate their own infrastructure improvements. A small shopping centre was opened in Schwaigfeld in January 2008.

Most-observed species

• Carrion Crow

  Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  5,619
• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  5,611
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  4,694
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  3,977
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  3,757
• Great Spotted Woodpecker

  Dendrocopos major (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  3,347
• Graylag Goose

  Anser anser (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  3,130
• Common Chaffinch

  Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,936

Most recent

• M 3.8 — 2019-10-22
  4 km SE of Ebbs, Austria
• M 4 — 2010-10-19
  Austria
• M 3.1 — 2008-09-10
  6 km E of Ehrwald, Austria
• M 2.9 — 2008-09-10
  4 km NW of Leutasch, Austria
• M 2.8 — 2008-09-10
  6 km WNW of Leutasch, Austria
• M 2.7 — 2008-07-03
  2 km ESE of Oberhaching, Germany