Kirchdorf
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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]
