# Scheibbs

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{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2025}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                     = Scheibbs
| native_name              = 
| settlement_type          = [Municipality](/source/Municipality_(Austria))<!-- Images     -->
| image_skyline            = Scheibbs norden.jpg
| imagesize                = 
| image_caption            = Old Town of Scheibbs
| image_shield             = AUT Scheibbs COA.svg
| shield_size              = 80x110px
| shield_link              = <!-- Maps           -->
| pushpin_map              = Austria#Austria Lower Austria
| pushpin_map_caption      = Location within Austria##Location within Lower Austria
| pushpin_mapsize          = 270
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| map_caption              = Location within Scheibbs district
<!-- Location    -->| coordinates              = {{coord|48|00|00|N|15|10|00|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type         = Country
| subdivision_name         = [Austria](/source/Austria)
| subdivision_type1        = [State](/source/States_of_Austria)
| subdivision_name1        = [Lower Austria](/source/Lower_Austria)
| subdivision_type2        = [District](/source/District_(Austria))
| subdivision_name2        = [Scheibbs](/source/Scheibbs_District)
| parts_type               = 
| parts_style              = para
| p1                       = <!-- Leaders -->
| leader_title             = [Mayor](/source/Burgomaster)
| leader_name              = David Pöcksteiner
| leader_party             = {{Polparty|Austria| SPÖ }}
| leader_title1            = 
| leader_name1             = <!-- Statistics -->
| area_footnotes           = {{Austria population Wikidata|area_footnotes}}
| area_total_km2           = {{Austria population Wikidata|area_total_km2}}
| area_metro_km2           = 
| elevation_m              = 339
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| population_as_of         = {{Austria population Wikidata|population_as_of}}
| population_footnotes     = {{Austria population Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
| population_total         = {{Austria population Wikidata|population_total}}
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| population_density_km2   = auto
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| established_date         = 
| timezone                 = [CET](/source/Central_European_Time)
| timezone_DST             = [CEST](/source/Central_European_Summer_Time)
| utc_offset               = +1
| utc_offset_DST           = +2
| registration_plate       = [SB](/source/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Austria)
| postal_code_type         = [Postal code](/source/List_of_postal_codes_in_Austria)
| postal_code              = 3270
| area_code_type           = [Area code](/source/Telephone_numbers_in_Austria)
| area_code                = 07482
| website                  = [http://www.scheibbs.com www.scheibbs.com]
| footnotes                = 
}}
'''Scheibbs''' ({{IPA|de|ʃaɪ̯ps|-|De-Scheibbs.ogg}}) is a town in [Austria](/source/Austria) in the [Scheibbs district](/source/Scheibbs_(district)) of [Lower Austria](/source/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](/source/Twin_towns_and_sister_cities) with:

* {{flagicon|GER}} [Rutesheim](/source/Rutesheim), [Baden-Württemberg](/source/Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg), Germany (1972)

==Notable residents==
left|thumb|140px|Johann Heinrich Schmelzer
thumb|160px|Franz Schuh in 1843
* [Johann Heinrich Schmelzer](/source/Johann_Heinrich_Schmelzer) (c. 1620-1680), court composer and first non-Italian court conductor at the Viennese court of [Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor](/source/Leopold_I%2C_Holy_Roman_Emperor)
* [Franz Schuh (physician)](/source/Franz_Schuh_(physician)) (1804-1865), physician and surgeon, first surgical procedure with ether [anesthesia](/source/anesthesia)
* [Hermann Senkowsky](/source/Hermann_Senkowsky) (1897-1965), financial expert, [NSDAP](/source/Nazi_Party) official
* [Andreas Buder](/source/Andreas_Buder) (born 1979), ski racer
* [Paul Scharner](/source/Paul_Scharner) (born 1980), football player
* [Marion Gröbner](/source/Marion_Gr%C3%B6bner) (born 1985), football player
* [Kathrin Zettel](/source/Kathrin_Zettel) (born 1986), ski racer
* [Jonathan Schmid](/source/Jonathan_Schmid) (born 1990), footballer
*[Klaudia Tanner](/source/Klaudia_Tanner) (born 1970), politician and [Minister of Defense](/source/Minister_of_Defense_(Austria))

==References==
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Category:Cities and towns in Scheibbs District

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