Schardenberg

Schardenberg Schadnberi
Municipality
Hamberg monastery
Coat of arms
Schardenberg Location within Austria
Coordinates: 48°31′13″N 13°29′51″E
Country	Austria
State	Upper Austria
District	Schärding
Government
• Mayor	Josef Schachner (ÖVP)
Area [1]
• Total	31.63 km^2 (12.21 sq mi)
Elevation	543 m (1,781 ft)
Population  (2018-01-01)[2]
• Total	2,407
• Density	76/km^2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	4784
Area code	07713
Vehicle registration	SD
Website	www.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

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

References

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