Schmidgaden is a municipality in the district of Schwandorf in Bavaria, Germany.

The municipality includes the following areas: Schmidgaden, Trisching, Wolfsbach, Rottendorf, Gösselsdorf, Littenhof The first documentary reference goes back to the year 1123.

Schmidgaden belonged to the bursary Amberg as well as to the district court of the Bavarian electorate.

In 1972 the municipalities of Rottendorf, Trisching as well as parts of Gösselsdorf were incorporated.

While the majority of Schmidgaden is Catholic, Lutheran and a few other minorities can be found.