Hemau is a small town in Southern
Germany
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, in the district of
Regensburg. The town is situated on the ''Tangrintel'', a ridge which runs between the rivers
Altmühl and
Schwarze Laber.
It lies on the
B8 road, north-west of
Regensburg, south-east of
Nuremberg
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. The nearest towns, about distant, are
Beratzhausen and
Laaber.
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
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and a
Realschule
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; the nearest
Gymnasium is at
Parsberg.
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:
References
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