Scheibbs () is a town in

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

in the Scheibbs district of

Lower Austria Lower Austria (german: Niederösterreich; Austro-Bavarian: ''Niedaöstareich'', ''Niedaestareich'') is one of the nine states of Austria, located in the northeastern corner of the country. Since 1986, the capital of Lower Austria has been Sankt ...

. In 1886, it became the first town in Austria to have street lighting powered by electricity.

Population

Mayors

*1950-1965: Anton Herok *1965-1983: Alois Derfler *1983-2007: Leopold Gansch *2007-2009: Johann Schragl *2009-2019: Christine Dünwald *since 2019: Franz Aigner

Twin towns – sister cities

Scheibbs is

twinned Twinning (making a twin of) may refer to: * In biology and agriculture, producing two offspring (i.e., twins) at a time, or having a tendency to do so; * Twin towns and sister cities, towns and cities involved in town twinning * Twinning inst ...

with: * Rutesheim,

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

, Germany (1972)

Sons and daughters of the town

* Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (c. 1620-1680), court composer and first non-Italian court conductor at the Viennese court of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor *

Franz Schuh (physician) Franz Schuh (17 October 1804, Scheibbs, Scheibbs District, Lower Austria – 22 December 1865) was an Austrian pathologist and surgeon who was a native of Scheibbs. In 1831 he obtained his medical doctorate in Vienna, afterwards serving as an ass ...

(1804-1865), physician and surgeon, first surgical procedure with ether

anesthesia Anesthesia is a state of controlled, temporary loss of sensation or awareness that is induced for medical or veterinary purposes. It may include some or all of analgesia (relief from or prevention of pain), paralysis (muscle relaxation), a ...

* Hermann Senkowsky (1897-1965), financial expert, NSDAP official *

Andreas Buder Andreas Buder (born 22 May 1979 in Scheibbs) is a retired Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of ...

(born 1979), ski racer * Paul Scharner (born 1980), football player *

Marion Gröbner Marion Gröbner is an Austrian football midfielder, currently playing in the German 2. Bundesliga for Herforder SV, with whom she has also played the top category. She previously played for SG Ardagger/Neustadtl, SV Neulengbach, Union Kleinmü ...

(born 1985), football player * Kathrin Zettel (born 1986), ski racer *

Jonathan Schmid Jonathan Schmid (born 22 June 1990) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or right back for Bundesliga club SC Freiburg. Early and personal life Schmid was born in 1990 in Strasbourg to an Austrian father who comes from G ...

(born 1990), footballer * Klaudia Tanner (born 1970), politician and

Minister of Defense A defence minister or minister of defence is a cabinet official position in charge of a ministry of defense, which regulates the armed forces in sovereign states. The role of a defence minister varies considerably from country to country; in so ...

References

Cities and towns in Scheibbs District {{LowerAustria-geo-stub