Scheibbs () 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
Mayors
1950-1965: Anton Herok
1965-1983: Alois Derfler
1983-2007: Leopold Gansch
2007-2009: Johann Schragl
2009-2019: Christine Dünwald
since 2019: Franz Aigner
Twin towns – sister cities
Scheibbs is twinned with:
Rutesheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (1972)
Sons and daughters of the town
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