Waldwirtschaft

[1] The earliest mention of the property dates back to 776 and a dairy in the possession of Tassilo III, Duke of Bavaria, which, together with the hamlet of Baierbrunn, was gifted to the Schäftlarn Abbey in the hope that his soul might find everlasting peace.

In 1782 Hesselohe was described as a hamlet of "a few houses ... with a hermitage and a little church" and the same article suggested that the area was popular with the inhabitants of Munich.

It is thought that one or more hermits had moved into the general area of the dairy, and the citizens of the city would seek these out to ask for prayers on their behalf.

This fair is most likely to have been brought into existence as a result of the financial difficulties in which the Holy Spirit Hospital had found itself.

The Hospital had already sought permission from Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria to hold a festival on June 29 to celebrate the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul.