Schwendt is a municipality in the Kitzbühel district in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 17 km north of Kitzbühel and 6 km below Kössen.

The name of the village comes from the old word "schwenden" (meaning to grub-up).

Agriculture and tourism are its main sources of income.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1869 394 —     1880 398 +1.0% 1890 413 +3.8% 1900 388 −6.1% 1910 352 −9.3% 1923 368 +4.5% 1934 364 −1.1% 1939 346 −4.9%

Year Pop. ±% 1951 421 +21.7% 1961 479 +13.8% 1971 568 +18.6% 1981 591 +4.0% 1991 673 +13.9% 2001 763 +13.4% 2011 796 +4.3%