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Schwechat Tour
Welcome on our tour through Schwechat
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Due to its citizen-dedicated services, detailed information disseminated through the most various media and an administration that stands close to its people, the cooperation between the city of Schwechat, its economy and its inhabitants is swift, uncomplicated and efficient. What is better is always the enemy of what is good. The objective of the local Schwechat administration is to constantly become a bit better. Be one step higher!
Worth knowing about Schwechat:
Position:
48°08'28" northern latitude
00916°28'43" eastern longitude
162m altitude
Inhabitants: 15.456
Inhabitants with secondary declared residence: 2.137
Households: 8.051
Labor units offering jobs: 836 (all data are taken from the 2001 census)
Surface: 44.732.711m2
ZIP Code for Schwechat, Mannswörth, Rannersdorf and Kledering: 2320
Wien-Schwechat Airport1300
Dialing code for Schwechat: +43 -1 (abroad), 01 (internally)
We would now like to guide you through Schwechat with the help of pictures and a short explanation.
Schwechat is an industrial city, and as a city with an airport it represents a gate to the world. However, Schwechat is also a very green city.
Designated the most tree-loving city in Lower-Austria in 2002, Schwechat is a city full of parks and bicycle tracks.
The Town Hall Park, the Felmayer Garden and the summer swimming pool are beloved recreation spots within the city.
The summer swimming pool of Schwechat is one of the most beautiful of its kind in the area. Two large solar-heated swimming pools, two slides, a minigolf facility, a mother-and-child swimming pool, as well as a beach volleyball field lure you to spend a few good hours in this place.
When the weather is unfavourable, you can use the covered swimming pool and its Wellness facilities. In the wintertime you can visit the skating ring, with its weekend ice-disco.
Living in Schwechat also offers a multitude of extraordinary sports facilities, open to visitors. The Rudolf Tonn Stadium, the Phönix Square and the leisure-time-centre in Mannswörth invite you to pursue your favourite sports.
On the cultural side, events such as The Schwechat City Celebration in the central square, The Magical Christmas Expectation at the Town Hall, The Satire Festival performed by the Forum Theatre or the Jazz Appetizers and the film slide projections in the Felmayer Garden have become beloved traditions. New events, such as the Schwechat Cultural Summer at the Rothmühle Castle, enrich our offer. The Movie Days at the Castle offer an open-air cinema in an ideal environment. In summer one can sit in the idyllic garden of the castle and enjoy a glass of Austrian wine or a snack.
The improvement and information opportunities also lead to a life quality improvement. The Schwechat Popular College offers a great variety of courses. They focus on foreign languages and health. The City Library on the Wiener Street is one of the most modern in Austria, offering facilities for literary research on the Internet. In the New Schwechat Museum you can visit exhibitions about the city’s contemporary history, social life and historical past.
For elderly people, life in Schwechat offers a great variety of services. Among these, having meals on wheels and collective-call taxis. The four seniors’ clubs in the city are favoured meeting spots. At the Otto-Koch Seniors’ Club, managed according to the most modern elderly care principles, one has the possibility to live in their own household and at the same time benefit from the care of specialized personnel.
Schwechat is also a youth-friendly city. Actions such as Night-loser-taxi, "Youth in Snow", holiday games and the courses for employees are already well-anchored in the city landscape. The Youth Centre presently under construction on the Wiener Street is going to become both a service centre and a leisure-time-spot for young people.
In the field of health, Schwechat can offer a very wide medical infrastructure. Several doctors and specialists offer their expertise to the citizens of the city.
Finally, an administrative system that is close to its citizens also depends on the quality of life, if services and information are to be placed before everything else, which is just the case in Schwechat.
