Hemau

Hemau
Town
Town square with the Church of Saint John the Baptist
Coat of arms
Location of Hemau within Regensburg district
Hemau Show map of Germany Hemau Show map of Bavaria
Coordinates: 49°03′07″N 11°46′58″E / 49.05194°N 11.78278°E / 49.05194; 11.78278
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Oberpfalz
District	Regensburg
Subdivisions	13 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor (2020–26)	Herbert Tischhöfer[1] (CSU)
Area
• Total	122.46 km2 (47.28 sq mi)
Elevation	514 m (1,686 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	9,599
• Density	78/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	93155
Dialling codes	09491
Vehicle registration	R
Website	www.hemau.de

Hemau is a small town in Southern Germany, in Regensburg. The town is on the Tangrintel, a ridge which runs between the rivers Altmühl and Schwarze Laber.

It is on the B8 road, 28 km (17 mi) north-west of Regensburg, 77 km (48 mi) south-east of Nuremberg. The nearest towns, about 5 km (3 mi) distant, are Beratzhausen and Laaber.

The district of Hemau is the largest in the Landkreis, and includes ten outlying villages which are parts of town, though they are not in the town of Hemau itself: