The enchantment of old portals and Baroque gables, quiet corners and lanes, the mighty and wide River Inn, meadows, fields and wooded green hills of the Sau Forest: a mature, unmistakeable atmosphere, which famous painters and writers were just as unable to resist as newcomers. The Baroque town shows itself today from its most blossoming side: weekday market, farmers’ market, flea market, attractive shopping, street cafés next to centuries old brewery inns – a melange with Guglhupf, country beer with liver cheese and an Emperor’s bread roll. A special atmosphere – irrespective of the season.
TOWNHISTORY
“Scardigna” was first mentioned in documents in 804. Schärding devel-oped in the 9th and 10th centuries to become the centre of the county of Vornbach-Neuburg. The Counts of Andech followed in 1160 and the Ba va rian Wittelsbachs in 1248. In its economic importance as a trading town on the River Inn, there was a great deal of early political activity and battles for the town. The Bavarian dukes, above all Ludwig the Bearded (in the 15th century), built Schärding into a strong fortification. The town suffered severe damage through extensive fires (in 1724 and 1779), and French occupation (1809). In 1779, and after the Napoleonic Wars in 1816, the Innviertel was again Austrian.
SURROUNDINGS
Excursion destinations of special interest wait to be discovered in the near vicinity. A boat ride through the wildly romantic Lower Inn Valley, hikes through the Lower Inn European Reservation or simply getting one’s soul back into harmony in the Schärding Kneipp Spa institutes, or the surrounding thermal spas offering wellbeing, such as Bad Füssing, Bad Birnbach, Bad Griesbach or the Geinberg Thermal Spa. By bicycle along the River Inn to the famous Reichersberg Augustine Canonical Monastery or to the 700-year-old Engelszell Trappist monastery on the Danube. Golfing, horseback riding, fishing and more, many more attractive destinations for the sporting guest. The longest treetop path in the world awaits you in Kopfing. The 1000 m long treetop path reaches a height of more than 20 m and connects 40 platforms together. These offer a view over the Inn district, neighbouring Bavaria and the Salzkammergut.
CITY & GOLF
In harmony with nature and embedded in the enchanting landscape of the Innviertel, on an area of 65 hectares, the Celtic Golf Course Schärding, an 18-hole Championship course with Austria's longest par 5, was established.
Tourismusverband Schärding
Rad- & Gästeservicecenter »Alte Innbrücke«
A-4780 Schärding · Innbruckstraße 29
Tel. +43/(0)7712/43 00-0
Fax +43/(0)7712/43 20
E-Mail: info.schaerding@oberoesterreich.at
Further information at:
www.schaerding.at
