Aura im Sinngrund

municipality of Germany

Aura im Sinngrund (officially: Aura i. Sinngrund) is a community in Main-Spessart in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia (Unterfranken) in Bavaria, Germany and a member of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft (municipal association) of Burgsinn.

Aura im Sinngrund
Church of Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows
Church of Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows
Coat of arms of Aura im Sinngrund
Location of Aura im Sinngrund within Main-Spessart district
Aura im Sinngrund is located in Germany
Aura im Sinngrund
Aura im Sinngrund
Aura im Sinngrund is located in Bavaria
Aura im Sinngrund
Aura im Sinngrund
Coordinates: 50°10′N 9°34′E / 50.167°N 9.567°E / 50.167; 9.567
CountryGermany
StateBavaria
Admin. regionUnterfranken
DistrictMain-Spessart
Municipal assoc.Burgsinn
Government
 • Mayor (2020–26) Wolfgang Blum[1] (SPD)
Area
 • Total12.07 km2 (4.66 sq mi)
Elevation
282 m (925 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total951
 • Density79/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
97773
Dialling codes0 93 56
Vehicle registrationMSP
Websitewww.aura-im-sinngrund.de

Geography change

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The community is some 20 km northwest of Gemünden am Main in the valley of the Aura river in the Spessart Nature Park (Naturpark Spessart). The community's northern limit forms Bavaria's boundary with Hesse.

Further reading change

  • Historisches Gemeindeverzeichnis für Hessen. Heft 2: Gebietsänderungen der hessischen Gemeinden und Kreise 1834 bis 1967, publisher: Hessian State Statistical Office, Wiesbaden, o.J., p. 56, 95.
  • Karl Richter: Gemünden = Historischer Atlas von Bayern, Teil Franken 1,11, Munich 1963, UB: 50/2001, 1,11, p. 204f.
  • Winkopps Zeitschrift: Der Rheinische Bund, Heft 2/4, p. 389-394.

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