Schwechat () is a town southeast of

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known for the

Vienna International Airport Vienna International Airport (german: Flughafen Wien-Schwechat; ) is the international airport of Vienna, the capital of Austria, located in Schwechat, southeast of central Vienna and west of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. It is the co ...

and Schwechater

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. The city is home to the refineries of the Austrian national oil company

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Geography

Schwechat is named after the river

Schwechat Schwechat () is a town southeast of Vienna known for the Vienna International Airport and Schwechater beer. The city is home to the refineries of the Austrian national oil company OMV. Geography Schwechat is named after the river Schwechat, wh ...

, which flows through the centre of town. The city subdivisions, called

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(

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), are Kledering, Mannswörth, Rannersdorf and Schwechat.

Population

History

Home to the settlement Ala Nova of the

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, the city was first mentioned in a document in 1334. The meeting at Schwechat of Emperor Leopold I with

Jan Sobieski John III Sobieski ( pl, Jan III Sobieski; lt, Jonas III Sobieskis; la, Ioannes III Sobiscius; 17 August 1629 – 17 June 1696) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1674 until his death in 1696. Born into Polish nobility, Sobi ...

in 1683, after the liberation of Vienna, is commemorated by an obelisk. The imperial troops defeated the Hungarian insurgents in a battle fought here in October 1848. In 1724, a textile factory was established in Schwechat. Schwechat profited massively from the Austrian

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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

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Oil Campaign of World War II, with the southern aviation plant complex of the

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firm (Germany-based at

Rostock Rostock (), officially the Hanseatic and University City of Rostock (german: link=no, Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock), is the largest city in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and lies in the Mecklenburgian part of the state, c ...

-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

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because Wien-Umgebung was dissolved at the end of 2016.

Economy

and the headquarters of

Austrian Airlines Austrian Airlines AG, often shortened to Austrian, is the flag carrier of Austria and a subsidiary of the Lufthansa Group. The airline is headquartered on the grounds of Vienna International Airport in Schwechat where it also maintains its ...

are in the city of Schwechat. When

Lauda Air Lauda Air Luftfahrt GmbH, branded as Lauda Air, was an Austrian airline headquartered at Vienna International Airport in Schwechat. It was owned by Niki Lauda (1949–2019) during much of its existence, later becoming a charter airline subsidi ...

was an independent airline, it had its corporate headquarters in Schwechat.

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was also based in Schwechat.

Education

Schools include:Schule
." Schwechat. Retrieved on September 4, 2017. 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

Christopher Dibon Christopher Dibon (born 2 November 1990) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Austrian Bundesliga club Rapid Wien Sportklub Rapid Wien (), commonly known as Rapid Vienna, is an Austrian football club playing ...

(born 1990), footballer, ÖFB national team *

Anton Dreher Anton Dreher (7 May 1810 in Schwechat near Vienna – 27 December 1863 in Schwechat) was an Austrian brewer, business magnate, philanthropist of Danube Swabian ancestry, the founder of the Dreher Breweries who was an important figure in the devel ...

senior (1810–1863), brewer, inventor of Schwechater Lagerbier *

Joseph von Eybler Joseph Leopold Eybler (8 February 1765 – 24 July 1846) was an Austrian composer and contemporary of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Life Eybler was born into a musical family in Schwechat near Vienna.Badura-Skoda and Herrmann-Schneider (n.d.) His fat ...

(1765–1846), composer and Hofkapellmeister * Rudolf Hausleithner (1840–1918), painter * Alfred Horn (1898–1959), mayor and freeman of Schwechat *

Viktor Klima Viktor Klima (born 4 June 1947) is an Austrian Social Democrat politician and businessman. He was chancellor of Austria from 1997 to 2000. Early career Born in Schwechat, Lower Austria, Klima started working for the then state-owned OMV oil ...

(born 1947),

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politician,

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1997—2000 *

Ernst Seidler von Feuchtenegg Ernst Wilhelm Engelhardt Ritter Seidler von Feuchtenegg (5 June 1862, Schwechat, Lower Austria – 23 January 1931, Vienna) was an Austrian statesman. He served as Minister-President of Austria from 1917 until 1918. His daughter was the ac ...

(1862–1931), jurist, Minister-President of Cisleithania 1917/18 *

Max Stotz Max Stotz (13 February 1912 – 19 August 1943) was an Austrian Luftwaffe military aviator during World War II, a fighter ace credited with shooting down 189 enemy aircraft claimed in more than 700 combat missions. Born in Mannswörth, Stotz ...

(1912–1943), military pilot * Karl Trabitsch (1929–2003), politician and merchant *

Rudolf Viertl Rudolf Viertl (12 November 1902 – 9 December 1981) was an Austrian football forward who played for Austria in the 1934 FIFA World Cup.Rudolf Vytlačil Rudolf Vytlačil (; german: Rudolf "Rudi" Vytlacil) (9 February 1912, Schwechat – 1 June 1977) was an Czechoslovak football player and manager. Born in Schwechat on outskirts of Vienna, Vytlačil started his career at the local club Phönix ...

(1912—1977), football player * Leopold Weinhofer (1879–1947), politician and mayor

Popular culture

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

References

External links

Website of Schwechat
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