Editing Dachau, Bavaria (section)

===Middle Ages===

The first known documentation of Dachau occurs in a medieval deed issued by the Noble Erchana of Dahauua to the prince-bishop of [[Prince-Bishopric of Freising|Freising]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dachau.de/en/tourism/history/history.html|title=Stadt Dachau: History|website=www.dachau.de|language=de|access-date=2017-05-11}}</ref> both descendants of the lineage of the [[Aribonids]]. With this deed, dated to August 15, 805 A.D. (''[[Assumption of Mary|the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary]]''), she donated her entire property in Dachau, including five so-called ''Colonenhöfe'' and some serfs and bondsman, to devolve to the Bishop of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Munich and Freising|Diocese of Freising]] after her death.

During much of the 12th century, Dachau was the primary residence of a smaller branch from the [[House of Wittelsbach]] led by [[Otto I, Count of Scheyern-Dachau-Valley|Otto I, Count of Scheyern-Dauchau]]. When Conrad III died in 1182, [[Otto I, Duke of Bavaria|Duke Otto I]] of [[Bavaria]] purchased the land and granted it [[Market town|market rights]], that were then affirmed between 1270 and 1280 by [[Louis II, Duke of Bavaria|Duke Ludwig II der Strenge]] (the Strict).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.finanzamt.bayern.de/Dachau/Ueber_uns/Geschichte/default.php?f=Dachau&c=n&d=x&t=x|title=Finanzamt Dachau: Über uns - Geschichte|date=2014-04-25|website=www.finanzamt.bayern.de|language=de|access-date=2017-05-11}}</ref>

In 1467 [[Sigismund, Duke of Bavaria]] resigned and then kept only Bavaria-Dachau as his domain until his death in 1501.