Schwechat

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title: "Schwechat" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["schwechat", "cities-and-towns-in-bruck-an-der-leitha-district", "oil-campaign-of-world-war-ii"] topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwechat" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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map_captionLocation within Bruck an der Leitha district
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subdivision_nameAustria
subdivision_type1State
subdivision_name1Lower Austria
subdivision_type2District
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leader_titleMayor
leader_nameKarin Baier
leader_party
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population_as_of
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area_code_typeArea code
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websitewww.schwechat.gv.at
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Geography

Schwechat is named after the river Schwechat, which flows through the centre of town. The city subdivisions, called Katastralgemeinde (Cadastre), are Kledering, Mannswörth, Rannersdorf and Schwechat.

Population

|align=left |1869|7458 |1880|8910 |1890|10327 |1900|13636 |1910|14625 |1923|14372 |1934|14936 |1939|14813 |1951|13270 |1961|13403 |1971|15303 |1981|14834 |1991|14669 |2001|15286 |2011|16329

History

Home to the settlement Ala Nova of the Roman Empire, the city was first mentioned in a document in 1334.

In 1724, a textile factory was established in Schwechat. Schwechat profited massively from the Austrian industrialisation wave of the 19th century, many of the companies established then still exist (i.e. the Dreher Brewery, founded in 1796 by Franz Anton Dreher the Younger). Schwechat became a city in 1924 and was incorporated into Vienna in 1938. The city's oil refinery was a bombing target of the Allied Oil Campaign of World War II, with the southern aviation plant complex of the Heinkel firm (Germany-based at Rostock-Schmarl as Heinkel-Nord, the Schwechat offices/facility was called Heinkel-Süd) also targeted in late 1943 and lasting through the spring of 1944.

Schwechat became an independent city in 1954. Since 2017 it belongs to Bruck an der Leitha District because Wien-Umgebung was dissolved at the end of 2016.

Economy

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/AustrianAirlinesHQ.jpg" caption="[[Austrian Airlines]] building"] ::

Vienna International Airport and the headquarters of Austrian Airlines are in the city of Schwechat.

When Lauda Air was an independent airline, it had its corporate headquarters in Schwechat. Niki was also based in Schwechat.

Education

Schools include:

Primary schools:

  • Volksschule I & II
  • Volksschule Mannswörth
  • Volksschule Rannersdorf

Secondary:

  • Allgemeine Sonderschule Schwechat
  • Bundesgymnasium & Bundesrealgymnasium Schwechat
  • Neue Mittelschule Schwechat Frauenfeld
  • Neue Sport- & Sprach-Mittelschule Schwechat - Schmidgasse

Notable people

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Ernst_Seidler_von_Feuchtenegg.jpg" caption="[[Ernst Seidler von Feuchtenegg]], 1918"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Bundeskanzler_Viktor_Klima_(cropped).JPG" caption="[[Viktor Klima]], 2008"] ::

Sport

In popular culture

Schwechat (as Megacity Schwechat) plays an important role in the Austrian sci-fi movie Die Gstettensaga: The Rise of Echsenfriedl.

References

References

  1. [http://noe.orf.at/news/stories/2698860/ Neue Burgermeister für Gänserndorf und Schwechat], NÖ ORF, March 10, 2015
  2. {{EB1911
  3. (10 September 2015). "Bezirk Wien Umgebung wird aufgelöst".
  4. [http://www.noen.at/nachrichten/noe/politik-bildung/Wien-Umgebung-Aufteilung-geaendert;art79519,671398# "Wien-Umgebung: Aufteilung geändert", artikel in Niederösterreichische Nachrichten (NÖN.at), 24-9-2015]
  5. "Offices in Austria". Austrian Airlines.
  6. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20061212154839/http://www.map2web.cc/map4/index.php?fpnr=99&fdimx=3&fdimy=2 Information about the city plan]." City of Schwechat. Retrieved on 5 September 2009.
  7. (27 March – 2 April 1991). "World Airline Directory". [[Flight International]].
  8. "About Us Contact". [[Niki (airline).
  9. "[http://www.schwechat.gv.at/de/familieundjugend/schule Schule] {{Webarchive. link. (2017-11-29 ." Schwechat. Retrieved on September 4, 2017.)

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