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Aschau
(Hamvasd) - District of Oberwart
Small village of 400 inhabitants, part (Ortsteile) of the municipality of Oberschützen (municipal records as well as
Lutheran) along with Schmiedrait, Unterschützen, and Willerdorf (2445 inhabitants in all).
Mentioned in the Urkunde of 1388 as "Asso." A Lutheran "tolerance" village in 1859 with a Lutheran school. A church,
"Hl. Oswald" first built in the 15th century, is part of the parish of Mariasdorf and is one of the oldest
monuments in the district.
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