Schwechat Explained

Schwechat
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Austria Lower Austria#Austria
Pushpin Mapsize:270
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Austria
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Coordinates:48.1411°N 16.4786°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Austria
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Lower Austria
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Bruck an der Leitha
Parts Style:para
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Karin Baier[1]
Elevation M:162
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:CET
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset:+1
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Registration Plate:SW
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:2320
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:01
Website:www.schwechat.gv.at

Schwechat (pronounced as /de/) is a city 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, which flows through the centre of town. The city subdivisions, called Katastralgemeinde (Cadastre), are Kledering, Mannswörth, Rannersdorf and Schwechat.

History

Home to the settlement Ala Nova of the Roman Empire, 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 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.[2] [3]

Economy

Vienna International Airport and the headquarters of Austrian Airlines are in the city of Schwechat.[4] [5]

When Lauda Air was an independent airline, it had its corporate headquarters in Schwechat.[6] Niki was also based in Schwechat.[7]

Education

Schools include:[8]

Primary schools:

Secondary:

Notable people

Sport

Popular culture

Schwechat (as Megacity Schwechat) plays an important role in the Austrian sci-fi movie .

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://noe.orf.at/news/stories/2698860/ Neue Burgermeister für Gänserndorf und Schwechat
  2. Web site: Bezirk Wien Umgebung wird aufgelöst. 10 September 2015.
  3. 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
  4. Web site: Offices in Austria . Austrian Airlines . 26 May 2009 . 9 October 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101009093739/http://www.austrianairlines.co.at/eng/extras/contact/IFrameLocalOffice.htm . dead .
  5. "Information about the city plan." City of Schwechat. Retrieved on 5 September 2009.
  6. Web site: World Airline Directory . . 27 March – 2 April 1991 . 3 February 2013 .
  7. Web site: About Us Contact . . 2 September 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091016061243/http://www.flyniki.com/en/niki-world/about-us/contact.html . 16 October 2009 .
  8. "Schule ." Schwechat. Retrieved on September 4, 2017.