Aurach () is a

river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...

in the

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

n state of

Upper Austria Upper Austria (german: Oberösterreich ; bar, Obaöstareich) is one of the nine states or of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria borders Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as the other Austrian states of Lower Austria, Styria, a ...

. It originates in the area of the mountain in the and flows through the wooden rich Aurach Valley, that spreads through the communities of

Altmünster Altmünster (Central Bavarian: ''Oidmünsta''), also known as Altmünster am Traunsee, is a market town located about 3 kilometres south of Gmunden in the Austrian state of Upper Austria, on the west shore of the Traunsee. Its economic base consist ...

(districts , Reindlmühl, Finsterau) and

Pinsdorf Pinsdorf is a village in the Austrian state of Upper Austria in the district of Gmunden. History The ''Bauernhügel'' is an obelisk-styled memorial in Pinsdorf, constructed to pay tribute to people killed in the brutal Battle of Gmunden between ...

(district Kufhaus). After leaving the Aurach Valley the river flows further through the

Alpine foothills The Alpine foothills, or Prealps (german: Voralpen; french: Préalpes; it, Prealpi; ), may refer generally to any foothills at the base of the Alps in Europe. They are the transition zone between the High Alps and the Swiss Plateau and the Bavar ...

via Aurachkirchen (district of Ohlsdorf) until Wankham (municipality

Regau Regau is a municipality in the Austrian state of Upper Austria near Vöcklabruck, which is the capital of the district. Geography Regau is bordered on the north by the river Ager. Another important body of water is the Baggersee, an artificial lak ...

), where it converges with the river

Ager Ager or AGER may refer to: * Ager (surname) * Ager (river), a river in Upper Austria *Àger, a municipality in Catalonia, Spain * Viscounty of Àger, a medieval Catalan jurisdiction that branched off the County of Urgell * Ager, California, uninc ...

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* Rivers of Upper Austria Rivers of Austria {{Austria-river-stub