Hemau is a small town in Southern

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

, in the district of

Regensburg Regensburg (historically known in English as Ratisbon) is a city in eastern Bavaria, at the confluence of the rivers Danube, Naab and Regen (river), Regen, Danube's northernmost point. It is the capital of the Upper Palatinate subregion of the ...

. The town is situated on the ''Tangrintel'', a ridge which runs between the rivers

Altmühl The Altmühl (, )
s.v. is a river in

and

Schwarze Laber The Schwarze Laber is a river in Bavaria, Germany, and a left tributary of the Danube. Its source is near Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz. It is approx. 78 km long. It flows southeast through the small towns Parsberg, Beratzhausen, Laaber and Deuer ...

. It lies on the B8 road, north-west of

, south-east of

Nuremberg Nuremberg (, ; ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the Franconia#Towns and cities, largest city in Franconia, the List of cities in Bavaria by population, second-largest city in the States of Germany, German state of Bav ...

. The nearest towns, about distant, are

Beratzhausen Beratzhausen is a market town and municipality in the district of Regensburg in Bavaria in Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to th ...

and

Laaber Laaber is a municipality in the district of Regensburg in Bavaria in Germany. It lies on the River Schwarze Laber (note the spelling difference). The now-ruined medieval castle on the hill above the town centre was once the seat of the Lords of ...

. The area around Hemau was settled in pre-Roman times. Of archeological interest are the remains of two Celtic settlements (''Keltenschanzen'') in the nearby villages of Laufenthal and Thonlohe. The name Hemau is attested as ''Hembaur'' in the 9th century, ''Hembur'' in the 13th. In the 2005, Hemau celebrated the 700th anniversary of its founding. Today Hemau is best approached from the A3 motorway (exit Beratzhausen when approaching from the north, or Nittendorf when coming from the south). The nearest railway station is Beratzhausen. There are three schools, a primary school, a

Hauptschule A ''Hauptschule'' (, "general school") is a secondary school in Germany, starting after four years of elementary schooling (''Grundschule''), which offers Lower Secondary Education (Level 2) according to the International Standard Classification ...

and a

Realschule Real school (, ) is a type of secondary school in Germany, Switzerland and Liechtenstein. It has also existed in Croatia (''realna gimnazija''), the Austrian Empire, the German Empire, Denmark and Norway (''realskole''), Sweden (''realskola''), F ...

; the nearest Gymnasium is at

Parsberg Parsberg is a town in the county of Neumarkt in Bavaria, Germany. It is 23 km southeast of Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, and 33 km northwest of Regensburg, next to the A3 autobahn, the main route from Nuremberg to Regensburg (and then on ...

. Hemau boasts the largest solar energy production plant in the world, which was opened on 29 April 2003.

Gemeinde Hemau

The ''Gemeinde'' (administrative jurisdiction) of Hemau is the largest in the ''Landkreis'', and includes ten outlying villages which are technically ''Ortsteile'' ("parts of town"), though they are not in the town of Hemau itself:

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