Pfarrkirchen is a municipality in southern Lower Bavaria Germany, the capital of the district Rottal-Inn.

The town spreads over an area of about 52 square kilometers and lies approximately 377 meters above sea level.

The first official written document where the name "Pharrachiricha" is mentioned, appeared in between 875 and 899 AD by the Catholic Bishop "Engilmar".

In 1262 Pfarrkirchen and the nearby "Castle Reichenberg" passed into the possession of the Bavarian dynasty Wittelsbach, who granted the village the right to hold public markets in 1317.

Another well known sight of Pfarrkirchen is the so-called "Wimmer-Roß", an oversized bronze statue, which is located at the heart of the town, showing a black stallion.