Schwechat

Schwechat
Schwechat
	The central square in 2007The central square in 2007
	Coat of arms of Schwechat; Coat of arms
	Coat of arms of Schwechat; Coat of arms
	Schwechat is located in Austria Schwechat Schwechat Location within Austria
	Coordinates: 48°08′28″N 16°28′43″E / 48.14111°N 16.47861°ECoordinates: 48°08′28″N 16°28′43″E / 48.14111°N 16.47861°E{{#coordinates:48\|08\|28\|N\|16\|28\|43\|E\|type:city(16370)_region:AT-3 \|primary \|name= }}
Country	Austria
State	Lower Austria
District	Wien-Umgebung
	Government
• Mayor	Hannes Fazekas (SPÖ)
	Area
• Total	44.7 km2 (Script error sq mi)
Elevation	162 m (Script error ft)
	Population (1 January 2012)
• Total	16,571
• Density	Script error/km2 (Script error/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	2320
Area code	01
Vehicle registration	SW
Website	www.schwechat.gv.at

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.

Geography

Schwechat is named after the river Schwechat, which flows through the center 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. 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, with the southern aviation plant complex of the Heinkel firm also targeted in late 1943 and lasting through the spring of 1944.

Schwechat became an independent city in 1954.

Economy

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Austrian Airlines building

Vienna International Airport, the headquarters of Austrian Airlines, and the headquarters of Niki are in the city of Schwechat.^[2]^[3]^[4] When Lauda Air was an independent airline, it had its corporate headquarters in Schwechat.^[5]