Auersthal is situated in the East of Lower Austria in Weinviertel quarter, about 10 km east of Wolkersdorf. About 2.47 percent of the municipality is forested.
There is a large number of chapels, wayside shrines and roadside memorials in and around the town which are carefully maintained. They have been catalogued and can be visited using certain walking routes and trails.
The municipal office building was refurbished in 2003.
The local amateur theater association "Theatergruppe Auersthal"[7] was founded in 1983 and takes to the stage every year in November.
There is a local music society, colloquially called a "Musikverein",[8] a music school focused especially on brass music, as well as the local church choir.