Andorf is a municipality in the district of Schärding

Schärding (district)

Bezirk Schärding is a district of the state ofUpper Austria in Austria.- Municipalities :Towns are indicated in boldface; market towns in italics; suburbs, hamlets and other subdivisions of a municipality are indicated in small characters.*Altschwendt*Andorf*Brunnenthal*Diersbach*Dorf an der...

 in Upper Austria

Upper Austria

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, Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

. As of 2008, it has a population of 5,023.

Geography

Andorf is divided into the 7 cadastral subdivisions: Andorf, Burgerding, Heitzing, Kurzenkirchen, Oberndorf, Schulleredt and Teuflau.

The 56 localities which belong to the municipality are Andorf, An der Fernstraße, Autzing, Bach, Basling, Breitenberg, Bruck, Burgerding, Eberleinsedt, Edt bei Heitzing, Edt beim Pfarrhof, Erlau, Gerolding, Getzing, Großpichl, Großschörgern, Haula, Hebertspram, Heitzing, Heitzingerau, Hier, Hof, Hörzberg, Hötzlarn, Hötzenedt, Humerleiten, Hutstock, Kleinpichl, Kleinschörgern, Kreilern, Kurzenkirchen, Laab, Lauterbrunn, Lichtegg, Linden, Lohstampf, Matzing, Mayrhof, Niederhartwagen, Niederleiten, Oberndorf, Pimpfing, Pram, Pranzen, Rablern, Radlern, Seifriedsedt, Sonnleiten, Schärdingerau, Schießedt, Schulleredt, Teuflau, Untergriesbach, Winertsham, Winertshamerau and Winteraigen.

History

Since the formation of the Dukedom of Bavaria the locality belonged till 1780 to Bavaria

Bavaria

Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...

. As a result of the Treaty of Teschen

Treaty of Teschen

The Treaty of Teschen was signed on May 13, 1779, in Cieszyn , Austrian Silesia, between Austria and Prussia, which officially ended the War of the Bavarian Succession sparked by the death of Elector Maximilian III Joseph...

 Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

 received Innviertel

Innviertel

The Innviertel is a traditional Austrian region south-east of the Inn river. It forms the western part of the state of Upper Austria and borders the German state of Bavaria...

 and thus Andorf. During the Napoleonic Wars

Napoleonic Wars

The Napoleonic Wars were a series of wars declared against Napoleon's French Empire by opposing coalitions that ran from 1803 to 1815. As a continuation of the wars sparked by the French Revolution of 1789, they revolutionised European armies and played out on an unprecedented scale, mainly due to...

 it again was part of Bavaria. Since 1814 it is finally part of Upper Austria

Upper Austria

Upper Austria is one of the nine states or Bundesländer of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria borders on Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as on the other Austrian states of Lower Austria, Styria, and Salzburg...

. After the incorporation of Austria into Greater Germany by Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany

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on the 13th of March in 1938 the locality belonged to "Gau Oberdonau". After 1945 Upper Austria was restored.