Schwechat

Schwechat () 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.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Schwechat
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Schwechat - Hauptplatz.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: The central square in 2019
Settlement.image_shield: AUT Schwechat COA.svg
Settlement.shield_size: 80x110px
Settlement.pushpin_map: Austria Lower Austria#Austria
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 270
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location within Austria
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.map_caption: Location within Bruck an der Leitha district
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Austria
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Lower Austria
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Bruck an der Leitha
Settlement.parts_style: para

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Schwechat () 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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Schwechat” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.