Schwechat is a city on the south-eastern outskirts of the Austrian capital Vienna. It is mostly known for housing the city's Airport and for a beer brand local to the city carrying its name. It is also home to the refineries belonging to the Austrian national oil company OMV. View of Vienna This article is about the city and federal state in Austria. ... View of the Shell/Valero Martinez oil refinery An oil refinery is an industrial process plant where crude oil is processed and refined into useful petroleum products. ... // History OMV is Austrias largest oil-producing, refining and gas-station operating company. ...

Geography

Schwechat is named after the river Schwechat, which flows through the center of town. The city lies in the federal state of Lower Austria and is located at 48°08′ N 16°28′ E. The city is split into four subsections, called cadastral communities - Kledering, Mannswörth, Rannersdorf and Schwechat. The city boundraries span around an area of 44.7 km². It lies at 162 metres over the sea level. Since Austria is a federal republic according to the constitutional framework of Austrian politics, Austrias nine provinces are customarily referred to as States of Austria or Bundesländer, singular Bundesland. ... Lower Austria (Niederösterreich) is one of the nine federal states or Bundesländer in Austria. ... A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ... The metre is the basic unit of length in the International System of Units (SI: Système International dUnités). ... For considerations of sea level change, in particular rise associated with possible global warming, see sea level rise. ...

Demographics

The 2001 census counted 15,456 inhabitants within the city, resulting in a population density of 321 inhabitants per km². 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ...

History

During the days of the Roman Empire, the area of today's Schwechat was home to the settlement of Ala Nova. Today's 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). It was raised to the level of a city in 1924, but was incorporated into the Viennese political body in 1938. It regained its status as a city of its own in 1954. The Roman Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Ancient Roman polity in the centuries following its reorganization under the leadership of Octavian (better known as Caesar Augustus). ... Events Births January 4 - Amadeus VI of Savoy, Count of Savoy (died 1383) January 13 - King Henry II of Castile (died 1379) May 25 - Emperor Suko of Japan, third of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders (died 1398) August 30 - King Peter I of Castile (died 1369) James I of Cyprus (died... Events January 14 - King Philip V of Spain abdicates the throne February 20 - The premiere of Giulio Cesare, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel, takes place in London June 23 - Treaty of Constantinople signed. ... Industrialisation (or industrialization) or an industrial revolution (in general, with lowercase letters) is a process of social and economic change whereby a human society is transformed from a pre-industrial to an industrial state. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...