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SCHWECHAT , a See also:market-See also:town of See also:Austria, in See also:Lower Austria, 5 M . S.E. of See also:Vienna by See also:rail . Pop . (19oo) 8241 . Here is situated the Dreher brewery, the largest in the See also:monarchy; and there are also important smelting and See also:iron See also:works, See also:cotton-See also:spinning, factories of See also:electrical plant, &c . The See also:meeting at Schwechat of the See also:emperor See also:Leopold I. with Sobieski in 1683, after the liberation of Vienna, is commemorated by an See also:obelisk . The imperial troops defeated the Hungarian insurgents in a See also:battle fought here in See also:October 1848 . |
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