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Schwechat
The central square in 2007
Coat of arms	Location
Administration
Country	Austria
State	Lower Austria
District	Wien-Umgebung
Mayor	Hannes Fazekas (SPÖ)
Basic statistics
Area	44.7 km2 (17.3 sq mi)
Elevation	162 m  (532 ft)
Population	15,990  (31 December 2005)
- Density	358 /km² (926 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	SW
Postal code	2320
Area code	01
Website	Your Team in Schwechat Coordinates: 48°08′28″N 16°28′43″E / 48.14111°N 16.47861°E / 48.14111; 16.47861

Schwechat is a city south-east of Vienna known for the Vienna International Airport and Schwechater beer. It is also home to the refineries belonging to the Austrian national oil company OMV.

Contents 1 Geography 2 History 3 Economy 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Geography

Schwechat is named after the river Schwechat, which flows through the center of town. The city subdivisions are called cadastral communities - Kledering, Mannswörth, Rannersdorf and Schwechat.

[edit] History

Home to the settlement Ala Nova of the Roman Empire, the city was first mentioned in a document in 1334. 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 existing today (like the brewery). 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.

Schwechat became an independent city in 1954.

[edit] Economy

Vienna International Airport, the headquarters of Austrian Airlines, and the headquarters of Niki are in the city of Schwechat.^[1][2][3] When Lauda Air was an independent airline, it had its corporate headquarters in Schwechat.^[4]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Your Team in Schwechat
•  "Schwechat". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). 1911. 

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