Schwechat () is a city southeast of

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known for the

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and Schwechater

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. The city is home to the

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of the Austrian national oil company OMV.

Geography

Schwechat is named after the river

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

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

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firm (Germany-based at

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-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

and the headquarters of

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are in the city of Schwechat. When Lauda Air 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

* Joseph Leopold Eybler (1765–1846), composer and

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* Ernst Ritter von Hartung (1808–1879), an Austrian General of the Artillery (Austria) and military theorist. * Anton Dreher (senior) (1810–1863), brewer, inventor of Schwechater Lagerbier * Anton Träg (1819–1860), an Austrian cellist and composer. * Anton Schrödl (1820-1906), an Austrian painter of animals and genre scenes. * Rudolf Hausleithner, (DE Wiki) (1840–1918), painter * Ernst Seidler von Feuchtenegg (1862–1931), jurist, Minister-President of Cisleithania 1917/18 * Poldi Gersa (1874 – after 1902), an Austrian soprano and stage actress. * Leopold Weinhofer, (DE Wiki) (1879–1947), politician (SDAP) and Mayor * Alfred Horn, (DE Wiki) (1898–1959), politician (SPÖ), Mayor and freeman of Schwechat * Max Stotz (1912–1943), military pilot * Karl Trabitsch, (DE Wiki) (1929–2003), politician (ÖVP) and merchant * Viktor Klima (born 1947), politician (SPÖ) and

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, 1997-2000

Sport

* Rudolf Viertl (1902—1981), footballer, played 16 games for

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* Rudolf Vytlačil (1912—1977), a Czechoslovak football player and manager. * Walter Skocik (born 1940), former footballer and football manager, played 314 games and 14 for

. * Christopher Dibon (born 1990), footballer, played over 270 games

In 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
{{Authority control Cities and towns in Bruck an der Leitha District Oil campaign of World War II