 Since 1497, the village's name has taken its current spoken form (namely ), although there have been variant spellings.There is no great puzzle as to the name's meaning.The ending "—kirchen" obviously comes from the root of the German word "Kirche" (“church”; Old High German "Kirihha" or "Kirihhum" in the dative singular; Middle High German "Kirche" or "Kirchen" in the dative singular).