Holzkirchen

Infobox German Location
Name = Holzkirchen
Wappen = Wappen_Holzkirchen.jpg
lat_deg = 47 |lat_min = 53 | lat_sec=0
lon_deg = 11 |lon_min = 42 | lon_sec=0
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Bayern
Regierungsbezirk = Oberbayern
Landkreis = Miesbach
Höhe = 691
Fläche = 48.33
Einwohner = 16050
Stand = 2008-04-21
PLZ = 83607
PLZ-alt = 8150
Vorwahl = 08024
Kfz = MB
Gemeindeschlüssel = 09 1 82 120
Gliederung = 35 Ortsteile
Adresse = Marktplatz 2
83607 Holzkirchen
Website = [http://www.holzkirchen.de/ www.holzkirchen.de]
Bürgermeister = Josef Höß
Partei = CSU

Holzkirchen is a market town in Bavaria, Germany. With a population of over 16,000 (2008) it is the largest town in the Miesbach district.

Holzkirchen was the location of one of the main transmitting stations for Radio Free Europe. Transmissions started in 1951 and provided the people of Eastern Europe with news from Western Europe. The transmitters had a strength of up to 250 Kilowatts, and in the 1980s caused a Tornado aircraft to crash near Oberlaindern. Transmissions were reduced after the fall of the Communist block and the transmitters were dismantled in 2004.