Scheibbs

Place in Lower Austria, Austria

48°00′00″N 15°10′00″E / 48.00000°N 15.16667°E / 48.00000; 15.16667CountryAustriaStateLower AustriaDistrictScheibbsGovernment • MayorFranz Aigner (ÖVP)Area • Total45.88 km² (17.71 sq mi)Elevation339 m (1,112 ft)Population • Total4,196 • Density91/km² (240/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal codeArea code07482Vehicle registrationSBWebsitewww.scheibbs.com

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

Historical 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

• 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