Schärding - Austrian city located on the banks of the Inn River to the south of Passau in the federal state of Upper Austria. The area around Schärding has been inhabited since Neolithic times. During the Roman Empire, there were the way to the Danube. In historical documents Schärding first mentioned in the year 806. From the 10th century the territory moved into the possession of the county Neuburg, and from 1248 the land became the property of the Wittelsbach.

By the 13th century, Schärding became a prosperous trading town, sells salt, wood, wine, silk, livestock and grain. With 1429 for 1436 when Duke Ludwig Tetenov the city erected a variety of strengthening: the gate, trenches, walls.

After the Congress of Vienna in 1816 Schärding was on the edge of the state, and all the trade routes were cut customs border. Commercial salt quickly reached an impasse, and the former transport routes lost their relevance. The subsequent economic stagnation of this situation was the reason that Schärding today has almost completely preserved historic townscape and a member of the Association of small historic towns.

The city is very interesting from the tourist point of view, since itself is a tourist attraction with 16 buildings, 17, 18 and 19 centuries. Most of the buildings are in Baroque style, surrounded by the almost intact city walls, and medieval gates. Of interest is the parish church of St. George, built in the mid-14th century and rebuilt in the Baroque style in 1726.

In Schärding operates City Museum, which tells about the development of the city and its surroundings in different historical periods.