Sinn (river)

The Sinn is a river that flows through the state of Hesse and the Bavarian province of Lower Franconia in southern Germany. It is about 69 kilometres (43 mi) long and is a right, northerly tributary of the Franconian Saale.

Sinn
The Sinn where it enters the Franconian Saale
Location
CountryGermany
StatesHesse and Bavaria
Reference no.DE: 2448
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationnear Oberwildflecken
  coordinates50°23′07″N 9°58′14″E
  elevationc. 671 m above sea level (NN)
Mouth 
  location
near Gemünden into the Franconian Saale
  coordinates
50°03′39″N 9°41′28″E
  elevation
c. 154 m above sea level (NN)
Length69.4 km (43.1 mi) [1]
Basin size623.78 km2[2]
Discharge 
  average5,869 L/s
  minimumAverage low: 1,174 L/s
Basin features
ProgressionFranconian SaaleMainRhineNorth Sea
Tributaries 
  leftOberbach, Mittelbach, Trockenbach, Mitzbach, Röthbach, Kretzengraben
  rightZiegelhüttengraben, Disbach, Höllgraben, Leinbach, Krechenbach, Schmale Sinn, Gronaubach, Jossa, Aura, Fliesenbach

Course

The Sinn emerges in the Franconian Rhön at the foot of the Kreuzberg near the local subdistrict (Gemarkung) of Neuwildflecken. At Zeitlofs on the Hessian-Lower Franconian border it flows into the Schmale Sinn which joins it from the Dammersfeldkuppe to the northeast.

Accompanied in places by the Würzburg−Fulda railway and crossed by the A 7 motorway bridge below Riedenberg, the Sinn initially flows in a southwesterly and then in a southerly direction to Gemünden, where it joins the Franconian Saale just under 700 m before the latter river discharges into the River Main.

Tributaries

The tributaries of the Sinn include (in downstream order): Oberbach, Schmale Sinn, Gronau, Jossa and Aura.

Towns and villages

The towns and villages along the Sinn and Schmale Sinn include (in downstream order):

Sinn

Wildflecken, Oberbach, Riedenberg, Bad Brückenau, Eckarts-Rupboden, Zeitlofs, Altengronau, Jossa, Obersinn, Mittelsinn, Burgsinn, Rieneck, Schaippach, Gemünden, (Oberzell).

Schmale Sinn

Kothen, Speicherz, the A 7 Grenzwald Bridge, Oberzell, Weichersbach, Mottgers

Nature

The existence of the extremely rare snake's head fritillary in the Sinn Valley has been recorded since the 19th century. This plant occurs at heights between 160 and 250 metres in various meadow communities, especially in the wet meadows of the two nature reserves that border one another: the Sinngrund near Obersinn and Sinnwiesen von Altengronau.

References

  1. Complete table of the Bavarian Waterbody Register by the Bavarian State Office for the Environment (xls, 10.3 MB)
  2. Fischereiverband Unterfranken: Sinn Archived 2010-10-22 at the Wayback Machine
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