Vierkirchen

History

The boundaries of a parish in Vierkirchen were said to have been established around AD 779 under Bishop Aribo of Freising. Vierkirchen is first mentioned in a church record in 820 AD. A layman named Reginhelm comes to Vierkirchen, where Bishop Hitto von Freising is apparently holding a large meeting. This Reginhelm hands over the property of his dying uncle Kaganhart to the bishop. At the same time he transfers the little son of Kaganhart to the bishop for protection and for spiritual education. Other sizable donations are recorded in Vierkirchn in 823 and the mentioning of a church in 828. In addition, a noble family in 'Viechkirchen' are recorded in the Indersdorfer documents between 1150 and 1160. A 'Dietrich der Vichtkircher' was a judge in Kranzberg in 1375, and an 'Isegrim de Viechkirchen' can also be read. The coat of arms of these nobles reflects today's municipal coat of arms, (stork head and neck). By 1440 the nearby village of Pasenbach had a court with a small castle. The castle was destroyed by the Swedes in 1632 during the Thirty Years War. The castle was rebuilt after the war in 1662. By the 19th century the property passed through several hands and by the 1840s it was demolished. The current parish church in its present form, St. Jacob, was built from 1763/65 after the old Gothic church collapsed in 1759 due to dilapidation. Vierkirchen became a political community by 1808 under the Kingdom of Bavaria. At that time the town had about 350 inhabitants, consisting mainly of farmers and handworkers. In 1867 the Munich-Ingolstadt railway line was built through Vierkirchen (Pasenbach-Esterhofen). After the Second World War, Vierkirchen remained as a municipality in the rural area of the Dachau region. Its population was about 1041 people. In the 1972…

Most-observed species

• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,041
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,039
• Carrion Crow

  Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,871
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,811
• Common Chaffinch

  Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,647
• Common Buzzard

  Buteo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,505
• Great Spotted Woodpecker

  Dendrocopos major (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,469
• European Robin

  Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,236

Most recent

• 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 4 — 2003-10-29
  7 km NW of Mariastein, Austria
• M 2.5 — 2002-08-22
  5 km SSE of Rain, Germany