| 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.
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.
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]
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]
Schools include:[8]
Primary schools:
Secondary:
Schwechat (as Megacity Schwechat) plays an important role in the Austrian sci-fi movie .