The Sinn () is a river that flows through the state of

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and the

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n province of

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in southern

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. It is about long and is a right, northerly tributary of the

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Course

The Sinn emerges in the Franconian Rhön at the foot of the

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near the local subdistrict (''Gemarkung'') of ''Neuwildflecken''. At

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on the Hessian-Lower Franconian border it flows into the

Schmale Sinn Schmale Sinn (, ; in its upper course in Bavaria: ''Kleine Sinn'', 'Little Sinn') is a river of Bavaria and Hesse, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Sinn near Zeitlofs. Via the Franconian Saale it discharges into the Main. See also *Lis ...

which joins it from the

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to the northeast. Accompanied in places by the Würzburg−Fulda railway and crossed by the A 7 motorway bridge below

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, the Sinn initially flows in a southwesterly and then in a southerly direction to Gemünden, where it joins the

just under 700 m before the latter river discharges into the River

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Tributaries

The tributaries of the Sinn include (in downstream order): Oberbach,

, Gronau, Jossa and

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Towns and villages

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

Sinn

Wildflecken Wildflecken is a municipality in the Bad Kissingen district, at the border of northwestern Bavaria and southern Hesse. In 2022, its population was 2,935; the postal code is 97772 (US Forces used APO NY 09026 until July 15, 1991, when APO/FPO/DPO ...

, Oberbach,

Bad Brückenau Bad Brückenau () is a Hot spring, spa town in Bad Kissingen (district), Bad Kissingen district in northwestern Bavaria in the Rhön Mountains. Geography Bad Brückenau is in the tree-lined River Sinn, Sinn valley, in the western Rhön Mountains ...

, Eckarts-Rupboden,

, Altengronau, Jossa,

Obersinn Obersinn (, ) is a market municipality 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. Ge ...

, Mittelsinn,

Burgsinn Burgsinn () is a market Municipalities of Germany, municipality in the Main-Spessart, Main-Spessart district in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Lower Franconia (''Unterfranken'') in Bavaria, Germany and the seat of the ''Municipal association, Verwal ...

Rieneck Rieneck () is a town in the Main-Spessart, Main-Spessart district in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Lower Franconia (''Unterfranken'') in Bavaria, Germany. Geography Location Rieneck lies in the Würzburg region between the southern foothills ...

, 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

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