Schardenberg

Coordinates: 48°31′13″N 13°29′51″E / 48.52028°N 13.49750°E / 48.52028; 13.49750
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Schardenberg
Schadnberi
Hamberg monastery
Hamberg monastery
Coat of arms of Schardenberg
Schardenberg is located in Austria
Schardenberg
Schardenberg
Location within Austria
Coordinates: 48°31′13″N 13°29′51″E / 48.52028°N 13.49750°E / 48.52028; 13.49750
CountryAustria
StateUpper Austria
DistrictSchärding
Government
 • MayorJosef Schachner (ÖVP)
Area
 • Total31.63 km2 (12.21 sq mi)
Elevation
543 m (1,781 ft)
Population
 (2018-01-01)[2]
 • Total2,407
 • Density76/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
4784
Area code07713
Vehicle registrationSD
Websitewww.schardenberg.at

Schardenberg (Central Bavarian: Schadnberi) is a municipality in the district of Schärding in the Austrian state of Upper Austria.

In September 1938, the Passau Kreisleiter and Schärding Kreisleiter cordially welcomed Gauleiter August Eigruber in Schardenberg. During a rally at the Hermannseder Inn, Eigruber announced that the adjacent tower will be called Adolf-Hitler-Warte.[3]

Geography[edit]

Schardenberg lies in the Innviertel. About 29 percent of the municipality is forest, and 61 percent is farmland.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  3. ^ Anna Rosmus Hitlers Nibelungen, Samples Grafenau 2015, pp. 183f