The community consists of the constituent centres of Baldham, Hergolding, Neufarn, Parsdorf, Purfing, Vaterstetten and Weißenfeld.

Until 1056 the district of Weißenfeld (Wizzinvelt) was in the possession of the Holy Roman Emperor Henry III as a Reichsgut.

The district of Baldham was selected as a location for the studio of Hitler's sculptor Josef Thorak before the beginning of World War II.

On 19 July 1944, a US Consolidated B-24 bomber crashed into the forest between Vaterstetten and the neighbouring town of Ottendichl (part of Haar).

Vaterstetten is part of the Munich Transport and Tariff Association (Münchner Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund, or MVV).

Through the community’s south end runs the Wasserburger Landstraße (officially named B304), one of Munich’s main arterial roads.