Scheibbs

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2025}} {{Use British English|date=September 2025}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Scheibbs | native_name = | settlement_type = Municipality | image_skyline = Scheibbs norden.jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = Old Town of Scheibbs | image_shield = AUT Scheibbs COA.svg | shield_size = 80x110px | shield_link =  | pushpin_map = Austria#Austria Lower Austria | pushpin_map_caption = Location within Austria##Location within Lower Austria | pushpin_mapsize = 270 | image_map = | mapsize = | map_alt = | map_caption = Location within Scheibbs district | coordinates = {{coord|48|00|00|N|15|10|00|E|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Austria | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = Lower Austria | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Scheibbs | parts_type = | parts_style = para | p1 =  | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = David Pöcksteiner | leader_party = {{Polparty|Austria| SPÖ }} | leader_title1 = | leader_name1 =  | area_footnotes = {{Austria population Wikidata|area_footnotes}} | area_total_km2 = {{Austria population Wikidata|area_total_km2}} | area_metro_km2 = | elevation_m = 339 | elevation_max_m = | elevation_min_m = | population_as_of = {{Austria population Wikidata|population_as_of}} | population_footnotes = {{Austria population Wikidata|population_footnotes}} | population_total = {{Austria population Wikidata|population_total}} | population_urban = | population_metro = | population_note = | population_density_km2 = auto | established_title = | established_date = | 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 = }} '''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 |align=left |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 }} {{clear left}}

==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== left|thumb|140px|Johann Heinrich Schmelzer thumb|160px|Franz Schuh in 1843 * 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

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Category:Cities and towns in Scheibbs District