[1] It bills itself as a 'self-organised cultural Centre and living project' (German: Selbstverwaltetes Kulturelles Zentrum und Wohnprojekt).

Beside the open air festival there are many other concerts and cultural or political events during the year.

[1] The Frankfurt municipality bought the building from the Deutschen Bibliothek for 4.3 million Marks in 1988.

[3] In the aftermath of the protests at the 2017 G20 summit in Hamburg, local politicians made statements about the Au.

In a joint statement, representatives of Au and other autonomous spaces viewed the attacks as politically motivated and blamed the “dangerous sentiment against left projects” created by the previous statements of political parties.