Schardenberg Explained

Schardenberg
Native Name:Schadnberi
Pushpin Map:Austria
Pushpin Mapsize:270
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Austria
Coordinates:48.5203°N 13.4975°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Austria
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Upper Austria
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Schärding
Parts Style:para
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Josef Schachner
Elevation M:543
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:CET
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset:+1
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Registration Plate:SD
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:4784
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:07713
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.[1]

Geography

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

Notes and References

  1. Anna Rosmus Hitlers Nibelungen, Samples Grafenau 2015, pp. 183f