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Schärding (Upper Austrian: Scháréng) is a town in Upper Austria. Schärding is known as a baroque town on the Inn River, with its numerous baroque town houses and historic squares. It is the district capital of the Schärding district and also the local center for the surrounding district.
Culture and sights
Town center: A point of interest is the townscape with town houses from the 16th to 19th centuries, especially the late baroque Silberzeile on the Oberer Stadtplatz, surrounded by a largely preserved town wall with several medieval town gates (Wassertor, Linzer Tor, Passauer Tor). Schärding in its closed, colorful baroque architecture is a typical representative of the Inn-Salzach style.
Catholic parish church of Schärding St. George: built in the middle of the 14th century, remodeled in baroque style from 1720 to 1726
Kirche am Stein: The church at the stone was built after a plague epidemic in the 17th century as Sebastian's church. It was profaned during the reign of Joseph II, and later used as a warehouse and theater. Today it serves as a church for the Protestant community.
Former Holy Spirit Civic Hospital Church: It dates back to a foundation of the year 1474. In 1809 it burned down completely and could not be repaired due to the financial emergency of the town. In 1819 it was profaned. In the last years the building housed the town library, it now serves as a hotel. Noteworthy is the preserved Gothic red marble portal with rich relief in the tympanum.
City Museum: The museum is located in the former outer castle gate and shows the development of the city and its surroundings throughout history.
Upper Austrian Provincial Exhibition 2004: The first Bavarian-Upper Austrian Provincial Exhibition was held in Schärding, Asbach, Reichersberg and Passau from April 23 to November 2, 2004 under the motto Borderless - History of the People on the Inn.
Schärding is a member of the Association of Small Historic Towns.
