Pfarrkirchen

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Pfarrkirchen
Town
Part of town square
Coat of arms
Location of Pfarrkirchen within Rottal-Inn district
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Coordinates: 48°25′N 12°55′E / 48.417°N 12.917°E / 48.417; 12.917
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Lower Bavaria
District	Rottal-Inn
Government
• Mayor (2020–26)	Wolfgang Beißmann[1] (CSU)
Area
• Total	52.33 km2 (20.20 sq mi)
Elevation	381 m (1,250 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	13,522
• Density	260/km2 (670/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	84347
Dialling codes	08561
Vehicle registration	PAN
Website	pfarrkirchen.de

Pfarrkirchen is a

History

The first settlers came to Pfarrkirchen some 7,000 years ago, as excavations in Untergaiching (a small suburb) prove. The first official written document where the name "Pharrachiricha" is mentioned, appeared in between 875 and 899 AD by the Catholic Bishop "Engilmar". The name means "parish church". In 1262 Pfarrkirchen and the nearby "Castle Reichenberg" passed into the possession of the Bavarian dynasty

• Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, southern France, since 1991
• The region Luzerner Rottal comprising the towns Ruswil, Ettswil, Buttisholz, and Grosswangen in Switzerland, since 1997
• San Vincenzo, Tuscany, Italy, since 1998

Notable people

• Conrad Fink (1900–1981), politician

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pfarrkirchen (Bavaria).

• Official website (in German)