Kirchensur is a village in the municipality of
Amerang in the district of
Rosenheim
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in
Bavaria
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,
Germany
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.
Geography
Kirchensur is located in north of the
Chiemgau
Chiemgau () is the common name of a geographic area in Upper Bavaria. It refers to the foothills of the Alps between the rivers Inn and Traun, with the Chiemsee at its center. The political districts that contain the Chiemgau are Rosenheim and ...
area, named after lake
Chiemsee
Chiemsee () is a freshwater lake in Bavaria, Germany, near Rosenheim. It is often called "the Bavarian Sea". The rivers Tiroler Achen and Prien (river), Prien flow into the lake from the south, and the river Alz flows out towards the north. The ...
. It lies about six kilometres northeast of Amerang, seven kilometres northwest of
Obing
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, eight and a half kilometres in the west of
Wasserburg am Inn
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and four kilometres southwest of
Schnaitsee.
History
Kirchensur was first mentioned in the 10th century as "Sur", which roughly translates to acidic water.
In the 13th century, Kirchensur was an Obmannschaft and, from 1800 up to the consolidating with Amerang in 1970, a separate municipality.
The time of establishment of the church is not confirmed, but it probably existed before the beginning of the 11th century.
In 1876, the village got its own school, which existed until the integration into the school of
Eiselfing
Eiselfing (Central Bavarian: ''Oaslfing'') is a Municipalities of Germany, municipality in the district of Rosenheim (district), Rosenheim in Bavaria in Germany.
References
Rosenheim (district)
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(1969).
In the 16th century, Kirchensur consisted of about ten buildings, in 1914 of about 15 and nowadays already of 41 buildings (with own house numbers).
Literature
* Konrad Linner: ''Haus- und Hofgeschichte 1366–2010''
External links
Homepage of Kirchensur (in German)
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Villages in Bavaria