title: Scheibbs
text: # Scheibbs
  
  Scheibbs (German pronunciation: (listen)) 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.
  
  ## 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
  