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.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Schloss Altkettenhof and Rothmühle.

Schloss Altkettenhof

Public building

Photo: Bwag, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Schloss Altkettenhof is a public building.

Rothmühle

Castle

Photo: Waerfelu, CC BY 3.0.

Rothmühle is a castle.

Railway museum Schwechat

Museum

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Simmering and Zwölfaxing.

Simmering is the 11th district of Vienna, Austria. It borders the Danube and was established as a district in 1892. Simmering has several churches, some museums, schools, old castles, and four cemeteries, one of them being the Wiener Zentralfriedhof, one of the largest cemeteries of Europe. Simmering is situated 5 km northwest of Schwechat.

Zwölfaxing

Village

Photo: Bwag, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Zwölfaxing is a municipality in the district of Bruck an der Leitha in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. Zwölfaxing is situated 3½ km south of Schwechat.

Schwechat

Type: Suburb with 18,000 residents
Also known as: “30740” and “Groß-Schwechat”
Category: locality
Location: Bruck an der Leitha District, Lower Austria, Austria, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

48.1406° or 48° 8′ 26″ north

Longitude

16.4777° or 16° 28′ 40″ east

Population

18,000

Elevation

167 metres (548 feet)

Open location code

8FWR4FRH+73

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3529551440

OpenStreetMap feature

place=suburb

GeoNames ID

7871953

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From French to Spanish—“Schwechat” goes by many names.

French: “Schwechat”
German: “Schwechat”
Portuguese: “Schwechat”
Spanish: “Schwechat”

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Altkettenhof and Klein-Schwechat.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bezirkshauptmannschaft Bruck an der Leitha, Außenstelle Schwechat and Hauptplatz.

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