Vierkirchen

Vierkirchen is a municipality in the district of Dachau in Bavaria in Germany.

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German place.name: Vierkirchen
German place.image_coa: Wappen Vierkirchen.svg
German place.image_photo: Vierkirchen Gröbmaierstr8 Pfarrkirche St Jakobus 001 201506 168.JPG
German place.image_caption: Church of Saint Jakobus
German place.image_plan: Vierkirchen in DAH.svg
German place.state: Bayern
German place.region: Oberbayern
German place.district: Dachau
German place.elevation: 490
German place.area: 19.39
German place.postal_code: 85256
German place.area_code: 08139
German place.licence: DAH
German place.Gemeindeschlüssel: 09 1 74 150
German place.divisions: 13 Ortsteile
German place.website: www.vierkirchen.de
German place.mayor: Harald Dirlenbach
German place.leader_term: 2026–32

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Population: 4654
Area: 19.38
Elevation: 490
Official website: www.vierkirchen.de
Image: Vierkirchen, Landkreis Dachau, Deutschland, Rathaus.JPG
Dialing code: 08139
Licence plate code: DAH

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Commons category: Vierkirchen (Upper Bavaria)
postal code: 85256

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Vierkirchen is a municipality in the district of Dachau in Bavaria in Germany.

==Meaning of town name== The name () is a misnomer. There were never four churches in the village, only one (St. Jakobus). The name is most-likey a variation of the old-Bavarian dialect in the Middle Ages. Various names of Feohtkiricha, Feochtkyricha, Fichtkiriha and Viechtkirchen can be found in old church archives. These names suggest the original spruce wood () church as the namesake.