Scheibbs
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Scheibbs
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| settlement_type = Municipality
| image_skyline = Scheibbs norden.jpg
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| image_caption = Old Town of Scheibbs
| image_shield = AUT Scheibbs COA.svg
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location within Austria##Location within Lower Austria
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| map_caption = Location within Scheibbs district
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Austria
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = Lower Austria
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name2 = Scheibbs
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| parts_style = para
| p1 =
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = David Pöcksteiner
| leader_party = {{Polparty|Austria| SPÖ }}
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| elevation_m = 339
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| population_density_km2 = auto
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| timezone = CET
| timezone_DST = CEST
| utc_offset = +1
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| registration_plate = SB
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 3270
| area_code_type = Area code
| area_code = 07482
| website = [http://www.scheibbs.com www.scheibbs.com]
| footnotes =
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Scheibbs ({{IPA|de|ʃaɪ̯ps|-|De-Scheibbs.ogg}}) 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 populations
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|1869|3076
|1880|3259
|1890|3489
|1900|3776
|1910|4061
|1923|3703
|1934|3720
|1939|3615
|1951|4047
|1961|4101
|1971|4445
|1981|4515
|1991|4389
|2001|4331
|2011|4236
|2021|4122
}}
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Mayors
- 1950-1965: Anton Herok
- 1965-1983: Alois Derfler
- 1983-2007: Leopold Gansch
- 2007-2009: Johann Schragl
- 2009-2019: Christine Dünwald
- 2019-2025: Franz Aigner
- since 2025: David Pöcksteiner
Twin towns – sister cities
Scheibbs is twinned with:
- {{flagicon|GER}} Rutesheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (1972)
Notable residents
File:Johann Heinrich Schmelzer.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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Category:Cities and towns in Scheibbs District
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