Aura im Sinngrund

Aura i.Sinngrund

Coat of arms
Aura i.Sinngrund

Coordinates: 50°10′N 9°34′E / 50.167°N 9.567°ECoordinates: 50°10′N 9°34′E / 50.167°N 9.567°E
Country Germany
State Bavaria
Admin. region Unterfranken
District Main-Spessart
Municipal assoc. Burgsinn
Government
 • Mayor Walter Sachs (CSU)
Area
 • Total 12.07 km2 (4.66 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)[1]
 • Total 1,001
 • Density 83/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 97773
Dialling codes 0 93 56
Vehicle registration MSP
Website www.aura-im-sinngrund.de

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

Geography

Location

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

History

In 1059, Aura had its first documentary mention in a document conferring rights in the royal hunting forest on the Fulda Abbey. In 1803 most of the former Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg Amt was made part of Prince Primate von Dalberg’s newly formed Principality of Aschaffenburg. In 1808 it became a condominium of the Kingdom of Bavaria and the Electorate of Hesse-Kassel,[2] falling entirely to Bavaria in 1814.[3] In the course of administrative reform in Bavaria, the current community came into being with the Gemeindeedikt (“Municipal Edict”) of 1818.

Population development

Politics

The mayor has been, since March 2008 Wolfgang Blum (SPD/UAB). He unseated the incumbent mayor, Walter Sachs (CDU).

Municipal taxes in 1999 amounted to €407,000 (converted), of which net business taxes amounted to €13,000.

Coat of arms

The community’s arms might be described thus: Quartered, first dancetty of three gules and argent, second barry of eight Or and of the first, third bendy of five of the first and third, fourth of the second a fess of the third paly wavy of three of the first.

Four historic coats of arms are marshalled on this escutcheon, each one representing a former overlord. The arms once borne by the Princely Bishopric of Würzburg appear on the dexter (armsbearer’s right, viewer’s left) side in chief (that is, in the upper row). Next to this are the arms of the Counts of Rieneck. On the dexter side in base (lower row) are those once borne by the Barons of Hutten, and beside this those borne by the Barons of Thüngen.[4]

Culture and sightseeing

Buildings

The community’s appearance features the Catholic Kuratienkirche zu den Sieben Schmerzen Mariens (Church of Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows). A further church worth seeing is one from the 14th century built in the Romanesque style. The former palatial castle (Schloss) nowadays houses Aura’s primary school.

Famous people

Honorary citizens

Further reading

References

  1. ↑ "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes". Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung (in German). 31 December 2013.
  2. ↑ Historisches Gemeindeverzeichnis, S. 56, 95; Richter, S. 204f; Winkopps Zeitschrift, S. 389-394
  3. ↑ Geschichte der Gemeinde Aura im Sinngrund - Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Burgsinn
  4. ↑ Arms as described at community’s official website

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