Schwadorf is an
Austria
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market town
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in the
Bruck an der Leitha
Bruck an der Leitha ( bar, label=Central Bavarian, Bruck aun da Leitha; "Bridge on the Leitha") is a town in the state of Lower Austria of Austria on the border of Burgenland, marked by the Leitha river. In 2018 it had a population of around 8,00 ...
district. It lies on the banks of the
River Fischa, fifteen miles (25 km) southeast of
Vienna
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Geography
The town is located in a
seismic
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area above a
fault line
In geology, a fault is a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock-mass movements. Large faults within Earth's crust result from the action of plate tectonic ...
. The "Schwadorf Dome" has been subject to minor earthquakes on occasion, the last one of significance occurring on 8 October 1927.
Population
Sport
The town's
football team,
SK Schwadorf, was formed on 31 May 1936 (as ASK Schwadorf). They hosted
English
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giants
Arsenal in a friendly in July 2006.
Recent times
The town's former district
Wien-Umgebung
Bezirk Wien-Umgebung was a district of the state of Lower Austria in Austria. The district comprised four non-contiguous districts on the outer fringes of Vienna: Klosterneuburg and Gerasdorf to the north of the city, Schwechat to its south-east ...
was dissolved at the end of 2016.
"Wien-Umgebung: Aufteilung geändert", artikel in Niederösterreichische Nachrichten (NÖN.at), 24-9-2015
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Notable people
* Eduard Ritter von Josch (b. Schwadorf 1799), botanist, president of the regional court in Laibach
Laibach () is a Slovenian avant-garde music group associated with the industrial, martial, and neo-classical genres. Formed in the mining town of Trbovlje (at the time in Yugoslavia) in 1980, Laibach represents the musical wing of the Neue ...
.
References
Cities and towns in Bruck an der Leitha District
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