Irschenberg is a municipality in the district of

Miesbach Miesbach () is a Town#Germany, town in Bavaria, Germany, and is the capital of the Miesbach (district), Miesbach district. The district is at an altitude of 697 metres above sea level. It covers an area of approximately 863.50 km2 of alpine ...

in the

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state of

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, about southeast of

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. It consists of numerous hamlets situated on the ''Irschenberg'' hill range. Wilparting Church 01

The hill is a notorious ascent of the

Bundesautobahn 8 is an autobahn in southern Germany that runs 497 km (309 mi) from the Luxembourg A13 motorway at Schengen via Neunkirchen, Pirmasens, Karlsruhe, Pforzheim, Stuttgart, Ulm, Augsburg and Munich to the Austrian West Autobahn near S ...

motorway running from Munich to

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laid out from 1934 on. A

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and a

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were attached in 1951. The name was formerly rendered as "Irish mountain", referring to the monk Marinus, who settled in the area in the course of the

Hiberno-Scottish mission The Hiberno-Scottish mission was a series of expeditions in the 6th and 7th centuries by Gaels, Gaelic Missionary, missionaries originating from Ireland that spread Celtic Christianity in Scotland, Wales, History of Anglo-Saxon England, England a ...

under

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and, according to legend, about 697 was martyred by burning at the stake (see the coat of arms). His grave is marked by the

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of ''Wilparting'', visible from the motorway and a popular photo scene. Actually ''Irschen'' may stem from ''ursus'' ("bear"). Originally a part of the

Bishopric of Freising The Prince-Bishopric of Freising (German: ''Hochstift Freising'') was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire from 1294 until its secularisation in the early years of the 19th century. The Prince-Bishopric of Freising should ...

, the area fell into possession of the Lords of Hohenwaldeck at

until their county was incorporated into the Bavarian Electorate in 1734.

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