Aura (Sinn)

Aura (Sinn)
The Aura near its junction with the Fellach
Country Germany
Location Bavaria
Physical characteristics
Main source Forst Aura
River mouth Burgsinn
50°08′47″N 9°39′14″E / 50.1465°N 9.6538°E / 50.1465; 9.6538Coordinates: 50°08′47″N 9°39′14″E / 50.1465°N 9.6538°E / 50.1465; 9.6538
Length 13.3 kilometres (8.3 mi) [1]
Basin features
Progression Sinn→ Franconian Saale→ Main→ Rhine→ North Sea
Basin size 59.2 square kilometres (22.9 sq mi) [1]
Tributaries

The Aura is a 13.3 kilometres (8.3 mi) tributary of the Sinn River in Bavaria, Germany.

Name

The name Aura originates from the Old High German Uraha. The word ur meant Aurochs, and the word aha meant stream,[2] meaning it was a river where Aurochs lived. The river gives the Gemeinde Aura im Sinngrund its name.

Course

The river originates in the Forst Aura in a valley near Aura im Sinngrund and flows in a southerly direction. In Fellen, it meets its largest tributary, the Fellach. At its mouth, the Aura then turns to the east. The mouth of the river is in Burgsinn, where it flows into the Flutgraben, an anabranch of the Sinn

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Complete table of the Bavarian Waterbody Register by the Bavarian State Office for the Environment (xls, 10.3 MB)
  2. ↑ Wolf-Armin Reitzenstein:Lexikon bayerischer Ortsnamen. Herkunft und Bedeutung.


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