Aura (Sinn)

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

Aura (Sinn)
The Aura near its junction with the Fellach
Location of the mouth in Bavaria
Location
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Forst Aura [de]
Mouth
• location	Burgsinn
• coordinates	50.1465°N 9.6538°E / 50.1465; 9.6538
Length	13.3 kilometres (8.3 mi) [1]
Basin size	59.2 square kilometres (22.9 sq mi) [1]
Basin features
Progression	Sinn→ Franconian Saale→ Main→ Rhine→ North Sea
Tributaries
• right	Fellach

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 [de] 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

• List of rivers of Bavaria

References

1. 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.