Scheibbs
Place in Lower Austria, Austria
![Coat of arms of Scheibbs](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/AUT_Scheibbs_COA.svg/80px-AUT_Scheibbs_COA.svg.png)
Coat of arms
48°00′00″N 15°10′00″E / 48.00000°N 15.16667°E / 48.00000; 15.16667
(2018-01-01)[2]
3270
Scheibbs (German pronunciation: [ʃaɪ̯ps] ⓘ) is a town in Austria in the Scheibbs district of Lower Austria. In 1886, it became the first town in Austria to have street lighting powered by electricity.
Population
Year | Pop. | ±% |
---|---|---|
1869 | 3,076 | — |
1880 | 3,259 | +5.9% |
1890 | 3,489 | +7.1% |
1900 | 3,776 | +8.2% |
1910 | 4,061 | +7.5% |
1923 | 3,703 | −8.8% |
1934 | 3,720 | +0.5% |
1939 | 3,615 | −2.8% |
1951 | 4,047 | +12.0% |
1961 | 4,101 | +1.3% |
1971 | 4,445 | +8.4% |
1981 | 4,515 | +1.6% |
1991 | 4,389 | −2.8% |
2001 | 4,331 | −1.3% |
2011 | 4,236 | −2.2% |
2021 | 4,122 | −2.7% |
Mayors
- 1950-1965: Anton Herok
- 1965-1983: Alois Derfler
- 1983-2007: Leopold Gansch
- 2007-2009: Johann Schragl
- 2009-2019: Christine Dünwald
- since 2019: Franz Aigner
Twin towns – sister cities
Scheibbs is twinned with:
Rutesheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (1972)
Sons and daughters of the town
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Johann_Heinrich_Schmelzer.jpg/140px-Johann_Heinrich_Schmelzer.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Franz_Schuh_Litho.jpg/160px-Franz_Schuh_Litho.jpg)
- Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (c. 1620-1680), court composer and first non-Italian court conductor at the Viennese court of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor
- Franz Schuh (physician) (1804-1865), physician and surgeon, first surgical procedure with ether anesthesia
- Hermann Senkowsky (1897-1965), financial expert, NSDAP official
- Andreas Buder (born 1979), ski racer
- Paul Scharner (born 1980), football player
- Marion Gröbner (born 1985), football player
- Kathrin Zettel (born 1986), ski racer
- Jonathan Schmid (born 1990), footballer
- Klaudia Tanner (born 1970), politician and Minister of Defense
References
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