Kirchdorf

Kirchdorf (German pronunciation: [ˈkɪʁçdɔʁf] ⓘ; Low German: Kerkdorp)[1] or church village is a historical type of settlements in Germany. In the period when dispersed settlements were common in German rural areas, some settlements had a church and a priest that serviced the rural area in its vicinity.[2][3]

A number of places in Germany are named "Kirchdorf", also Chirihdorf (Old High German), Kirdorf, Kardorf, etc.[1]

The church in a Kirchdorf is not a parish church; settlements with a parish church were called Pfarrdorf (parish village).[4]

A related term is Pfarrmarkt, a market town with a parish church.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b kirchdorf, n. to kirchenamt, n., Deutsches Wörterbuch, Vol. 11, Col. 797
  2. ^ Gabriele Schwarz: Allgemeine Siedlungsgeographie. vol. 1. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1988, ISBN 3-11-007895-3, VI. Mittelpunkts-Siedlungen. 1. Mittelpunkte in Streusiedlungsgebieten, pp. 413–416, specifically p. 413.
  3. ^ Deutsches Rechtswörterbuch (DRW): Kirchdorf
  4. ^ Deutsches Rechtswörterbuch (DRW): Pfarrdorf.
  5. ^ Deutsches Rechtswörterbuch (DRW): Pfarrmarkt
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