Waakirchen

{{Infobox German location

|image_coa = DEU Waakirchen COA.svg

|coordinates = {{coord|47|46|N|11|40|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|image_plan = Waakirchen in MB.svg

|image_photo = Waakirchen.jpg

|image_caption = Waakirchen

|state = Bayern

|region = Oberbayern

|district = Miesbach

|elevation = 759

|area = 42.31

|postal_code = 83666

|area_code = 08021

|licence = MB

|Gemeindeschlüssel = 09 1 82 134

|divisions = 7 Ortsteile

|website = [http://www.waakirchen.de/ www.waakirchen.de]

|mayor = Norbert Kerkel[https://www.statistik.bayern.de/wahlen/kommunalwahlen/bgm/ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden], Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, 15 July 2021.

|leader_term = 2020–26

|party = FW

}}

Waakirchen is a municipality in the district of Miesbach in Bavaria in Germany. At the end of World War II, Japanese American soldiers (Nisei from the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion) rescued concentration camp victims on a death march at this village.[https://www.ushmm.org/search/results/?q=Waakirchen USHMM photos of Waakirchen with 522nd personnel and rescued prisoners]