Kirchdorf

Kirchdorf 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.
A number of places in Germany are named "Kirchdorf", also Chirihdorf, Kirdorf, Kardorf, etc..
The church in a Kirchdorf is not a parish church; settlements with a parish church were called .
A related term is Pfarrmarkt, a market town with a parish church.