Aura (Sinn) Explained

Aura (Sinn)
Pushpin Map:Bavaria
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the mouth in Bavaria
Mouth Location:Burgsinn
Mouth Coordinates:50.1465°N 9.6538°W
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Germany
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:Bavaria
Length:13.3km (08.3miles)
Basin Size:59.2km2
Tributaries Right:Fellach

The Aura is a 13.3km (08.3miles) 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,[1] meaning it was a river where Aurochs lived. The river gives the Gemeinde Aura im Sinngrund its name.

Course

The river originates in the 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

Notes and References

  1. Wolf-Armin Reitzenstein:Lexikon bayerischer Ortsnamen. Herkunft und Bedeutung.