Kirchseeon is a market town in the

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n district of

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and lies 15 km east of Munich city limits. The nearest communities are

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and

. The Bavarian capital,

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, can be reached by

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(line S4), which runs over the Munich–Salzburg line.

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and

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are each about 25 km away.

History

Buch is Kirchseeon's oldest constituent community, having had its first documentary mention in 809. In 842, a place called ''Sevun'' was mentioned for the first time. The name ''Chirichsewe'' first appeared in the 14th century. Until

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, the Ebersberg Monastery maintained a small branch

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in Kirchseeon. The community grew quickly once the surrounding woodlands fell victim to a natural disaster in 1889 in the form of a

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infestation. The Royal Bavarian Railway decided to make use of the denuded woods by building a sleeper works at Kirchseeon in 1889 and 1890. In 1939, the community of Kirchseeon was formed out of the former community of Eglharting, which itself had been formed in 1818. Its constituent communities were the villages of Buch and Kirchseeon-Dorf as well as the hamlets of Forstseeon, Osterseeon, Neukirch, Ilching and Riedering. At the same time, the church was promoted to a parish curacy. In 1959, the community itself was raised to market town. Since Eglharting's population had risen so sharply, the new Erlöserkirche (Church of the Redeemer) was consecrated there in 1973. In 1974, a new town hall was completed.

Population growth

Between 1988 and 2018 the market town's population grew by 45.9%, from 7,272 to 10,607 inhabitants.

Coat of arms

Kirchseeon's arms might heraldically be described thus: ''In vert between two conifers with roots Or a nun moth argent''.

Community layout

After the

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, the hitherto isolated centres of Eglharting, Kirchseeon and Kirchseeon-Dorf were melded together along the

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304 (Munich-Wasserburg), mainly by building detached housing, with the combined centre at Kirchseeon

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and a lesser centre at Eglharting.

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s are to be found in both centres, and in Kirchseeon are many small and medium-sized shops. Along the B 304, properties are exposed to traffic noise. Outlying areas of town, on the other hand, are very quiet.

Constituent communities belonging to Kirchseeon

* Buch * Eglharting * Forstseeon * Ilching * Kirchseeon-Dorf * Neukirch * Osterseeon * Riedering

Economy and infrastructure

Established businesses

*One of the biggest employers in town is the ''Autohaus Kirchseeon'', a

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founded in 1972. In 1976, the company was merged with the Auto-Eder-Gruppe. *The automotive supplier Hörmann Industries is headquartered here.

Education

* In Kirchseeon and its constituent communities are six

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s and four

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s. * There is also an

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with one building each in Kirchseeon and Eglharting. * A Gymnasium was opened in 2008. * The headquarters of the Munich ''Berufsförderungswerk'' (vocational training school) with a

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building is to be found in Kirchseeon.

Firefighting

Kirchseeon has at its disposal four

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s: FFW Kirchseeon Markt, FFW Kirchseeon-Dorf, FFW Eglharting and FFW Buch.

Culture

Regular events

* Josefi-Markt (last Sunday in March) *

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for Kirchseeon's witches (30 April) *

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Celebrations with the hoisting of the Maypole in one of the districts * Weinfest Buch der SG Edelweiß Buch (June) * Kirchseeon Village Festival (first Saturday in July) * Kathrein-Markt (last weekend in November) *

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lauf (weekends in December) * Local Museum, the second Sunday of the month from October to April from 14h00 to 16h00 * Spring and Pre-Christmas Concerts (April and December) of the Kirchseeon Men's Choir

Famous people

Gregor Ebner Gregor Ebner (24 June 1892 – 22 March 1974) was a medical doctor from Kirchseeon near Munich. During the time of Nazi Germany he served as the medical leader of all the Lebensborn Homes. Life Ebner was born in Ichenhausen to Gregor Ebner, a ...

(1892-1974), medical leader of the SS Organisation's Lebensborn, responsible for the Aryanization and kidnapping of children from occupied Eastern European countries * Sepp Viellechner, folksinger * Ludwig Waldleitner, film producer * ''Hans Reupold'', ''Günther Lohmeier'', composers ( Schariwari) * Ursula Bittner, 1st Mayor of Kirchseeon from 1990 to 2002, and Deputy President of the Upper Bavarian District Council since 2008 * Michael Winter (*1979) participant in the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games * Sebastian Anneser (1939 - 2018) Roman Catholic Prelate and Canon of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising (lived in Kirchseeon)

References

External links

Homepage Markt Kirchseeon

All you want to know about Kirchseeon
{{Authority control Ebersberg (district)