Viehbach (Fahrenzhausen)

Viehbach is a village in the municipality of Fahrenzhausen[1] in the district of Freising (Upper Bavaria, Germany).

Viehbach
St. Laurentius Church, Viehbach (2016)
St. Laurentius Church, Viehbach (2016)
Location of Viehbach
Viehbach  is located in Germany
Viehbach
Viehbach
Viehbach  is located in Bavaria
Viehbach
Viehbach
Coordinates: 48.3572°N 11.5306°E / 48.3572; 11.5306
CountryGermany
StateBavaria
MunicipalityFahrenzhausen
Elevation
473 m (1,552 ft)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
85777
Dialling codes08133

History

The small village is first mentioned in church records during the time of bishop Otto von Freising (1138-1158) as "Viehpach" or "Fichten am Bach" (Lit: Spruce Trees on the Creek). It was probably settled even earlier. An old Roman road leads from Passau to Augsburg between Viehbach and Westerndorf.[2]

The name of the church in Viehbach (St. Laurentius) is first mentioned in a document in 1315. Local sources say that today's church was built on the foundations of a much earlier church. The village belonged to the district court of Kranzberg, while the church was under the control of the Diocese of Freising.

Viehbach appears in 1568 on a map by Philipp Apian during his Bavarian map project for Albrecht V. Duke of Bavaria.[3]

Viehbach and its church were probably affected during the Thirty Years War, especially during the Swedish invasion of Bavaria in 1632, or even the French attack in the area in 1648. In 1669 new side altars were rebuilt in the church.[4][5]

Viehbach and other villages were in danger by the Duke of Marlborough during the War of the Spanish Succession in July 1704. The villages of Viehbach and Bachenhausen recorded the looting and fires around them. When their houses were miraculously saved from destruction, they vowed to hold a mass every year on St. Florian's Day (May 4) to commemorate their liberation. The Annunciation can still be seen today in the old village church in Viehbach.[6]

Vow of Thanksgiving in church in Viehbach

Viehbach has been part of the Fahrenzhausen community since the early 19th century. In 1817 the church recorded 118 believers in Viehbach, who lived in 26 houses. In 1868 a census by the Kingdom of Bavaria recorded 143 inhabitants and 55 buildings. In 1876 a census of the German Empire recorded 169 inhabitants and 56 buildings (including 43 horses and 180 cattle).

During the Second World War, units of the US Army passed through Viehbach and the surrounding area in April 1945 shortly before the liberation of Dachau and Munich.[7]

Viehbach was part of a district reform program in the 1970s, in which the jurisdiction was transferred from Dachau to Freising.[8]

In 2009 a solar park was built south of Viehbach (approx. 8000 m2 field).[9]

In 2016 the shooting club SG "Gemütlichkeit" Viehbach-Bachenhausen e.V. opened a new facility in Viehbach.[10]

In 2018 Viehbach had 465 inhabitants.[11]

In 2020 proposals have been made to build a Children's Play Area between Viehbach and Bachenhausen, along the Rettenbach Creek.[12]

Literature

  • Hans Schertl, "Kirchen und Kapellen im Dachauer Land (German)"

References

  1. "Viehbach - Gemeinde Fahrenzhausen".
  2. Schertl, Hans. "Filialkirche St. Laurentius in Viehbach" [St. Laurentius Church in Viehbach. Churches and Chapels in the Dachau and Freising area] (in German).http://kirchenundkapellen.de/kirchenpz/viehbach.php
  3. Philipp Apian und die Kartographie der Renaissance. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek. Ausstellungskataloge. 1989
  4. Pantle, Christian (2017). Der Dreissigjährige Krieg. Als Deutschland in Flammen stand (in German). Berlin: Propyläen Ullstein Buchverlage. pp. 128 ff. ISBN 978-3-549-07443-5.
  5. Barthold, Friedrich Wilhelm (1843). Geschichte des großen deutschen Krieges vom Tode Gustav Adolfs ab mit besonderer Rücksicht auf Frankreich, Teil 2. Stuttgart. p. 627.
  6. Die Schlacht von Höchstädt – The Battle of Blenheim (Ausstellungskatalog). Ostfildern: Jan Thorbecke Verlag. 2004. pp. 55 ff., 191 ff. ISBN 3-7995-0214-9.
  7. "70 Jahre nach der Vertreibung, Vortrag 18 in Kammerberg" (in German).https://www.geschichtsforum-freising.de/70-jahre-nach-der-vertreibung-vortrag-18-in-kammerberg/
  8. Albrecht Liess: Gebietsreform und Gemeindenamen. In: Mitteilungen für die Archivpflege in Bayern, hrsg. von der Generaldirektion der Staatlichen Archive Bayerns 18 (1972) S. 46–49.
  9. Technische Universität München. Energiewende im Landkreis Freising– Eine Potentialanalyse. April 2012. http://solarregion-freisinger-land.de/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/02/Energiewende_im_Landkreis_Freising_-_Eine_Potentialanalyse-TUM-Junge-Akademie-2012.pdf
  10. "Homepage SG "Gemütlichkeit" Viehbach-Bachenhausen e.V." (in German).http://www.sg-viehbach-bachenhausen.de/Home
  11. Süddeutsche Zeitung. 5000 Einwohner (Fahrenzhausens Gemeinderat wird wohl um vier Sitze erweitert). 22 April 2018. https://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/freising/fahrenzhausen-5000-einwohner-1.3954902
  12. Fahrenzhausen bringt ein Paradies für Kinder auf den Weg - mit einem kleinen Haken. Münchner Merkur. 20 October 2020. https://www.merkur.de/lokales/freising/freising/fahrenzhausen-ort88182/fahrenzhausen-bringt-ein-paradies-fuer-kinder-auf-weg-mit-einem-kleinen-haken-13922743.html
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