{{Infobox German location |image_coa = DEU Merching COA.svg |image_photo = Merching - Hauptstr - Kirche v S.jpg |image_caption = Saint Martin Church |coordinates = {{coord|48|15|N|10|59|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Merching in AIC.svg |state = Bayern |region = Schwaben |district = Aichach-Friedberg |elevation = 529 |area = 24.83 |postal_code = 86504 |area_code = 08233 |licence = AIC |Gemeindeschlüssel = 09 7 71 145 |mayor = Helmut Luichtl<ref>[https://www.statistik.bayern.de/wahlen/kommunalwahlen/bgm/ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden], Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, 15 July 2021.</ref> |leader_term = 2020–26 |party = CSU |website = [http://www.merching.de www.merching.de] }}
'''Merching''' is a municipality in the district of Aichach-Friedberg in Bavaria in Germany.
The coat of arms of Merching contains references to the two most important landowners in the Middle Ages. The top half is taken from the Counts of Andechs coat of arms. The bottom half comes from the Abbey of Saints Ulrich and Afra.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Heyl |first=Stephanie |title=Haus der Bayerischen Geschichte - Bayerns Gemeinden |url=https://hdbg.eu/gemeinden/index.php/detail?rschl=9771145 |access-date=2025-08-29 |website=hdbg.eu |language=de}}</ref>
== History == There have been mentions of Merching Castle since 1078, but no archeological evidence has been found of it.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Waldemar Nowey |first=Phil |date=2012 |title=Merching an der Paar im Wittelsbacherland |url=https://mering.de/mering/unsere-marktgemeinde/bekannte-buerger/nowey/nowey-merching_a_d_paar.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjmk5zqzK-PAxW7lP0HHbSDLRMQ |access-date=2025-08-29 |website=mering.de |language=de}}</ref>
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{{Cities and towns in Aichach-Friedberg (district)}}
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