Aua is a village (''

Ortsteil A village is a clustered human settlement or Residential community, community, larger than a hamlet (place), hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population t ...

'') of Neuenstein in

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. The

local government Local government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of public administration within a particular sovereign state. This particular usage of the word government refers specifically to a level of administration that is both geographically-loca ...

of Neuenstein is based here.

Traffic

Aua has access to the A 7 which is located to the west of the village. The on-ramp Bad Hersfeld-West is located to the south. Within Aua, there is an interchange between federal highway ('' Bundesstraße'') 324 and state roads ''( Landesstraßen)'' 3153 and 3155. Public transport is accessible through bus line 370, maintained by RKH Bus GmbH.

History

First mentioned in 852, the place's name was Owe. It was founded in 1190 by the Abbey Hersfeld. The abbey was a monastery of the Augustinians which was relocated to Blankenheim in 1229. The Protestant church is the former church of this monastery. On 31 December 1971 Aua was incorporated into the new community Neuenstein.

Attractions

* former monastery church, today's Protestant church with a baptismal font with two heads dating back to around 1200 * the village's lime tree, roughly 1200 years old

References

{{Authority control Villages in Hesse