My dog Bonzo do not have any facts at all, so I have to start ask you again…
I’v never paddeld Donau, but know that it’s 2872 KM before I go 445 km North on the Black Sea and up Dneper up 858 KM to Kiev.
So…..: have you been, or do you have som pals or facts about……
Origin of the river Danube. The place where two small rivers (Breg and Brigach) unite to form the Danube in Donaueschingen, Germany. The German name of the place is Donauzusammenfluss, meaning “Danube confluence“.
The Danube in Ulm as seen from the steeple of Ulm Minster, looking southwest.
The confluence of the Inn (left), Danube (center), and Ilz (right) in Passau.
Danube in Linz.
Budapest on Danube
Ilok Castle on the Danube in Croatia.
16th Century Danube landscape near Regensburg, by Albrecht Altdorfer
The Danube flows through the following countries and cities (ordered from the source to mouth):
- Germany
- Donaueschingen in the State of Baden-Württemberg – Brigach and Breg rivers join to form the Danube river
- Möhringen an der Donau in Baden-Württemberg
- Tuttlingen in Baden-Württemberg
- Sigmaringen in Baden-Württemberg
- Riedlingen in Baden-Württemberg
- Munderkingen in Baden-Württemberg
- Ehingen in Baden-Württemberg
- Ulm in Baden-Württemberg
- Neu-Ulm in Bavaria
- Günzburg in Bavaria
- Donauwörth in Bavaria
- Neuburg an der Donau in Bavaria
- Ingolstadt in Bavaria
- Kelheim in Bavaria
- Regensburg in Bavaria
- Straubing in Bavaria
- Deggendorf in Bavaria
- Passau in Bavaria
- Austria
- Linz, capital of Upper Austria
- Krems in Lower Austria
- Vienna – capital of Austria, where the Danube floodplain is called the Lobau, though the Innere Stadt is situated away from the main flow of the Danube (it is bounded by the Donaukanal – ‘Danube canal’).
- Slovakia
- Bratislava – capital of Slovakia
- Komárno
- Štúrovo
- Hungary
- Győr
- Komárom
- Esztergom
- Visegrád
- Vác
- Szentendre
- Budapest – capital of Hungary
- Százhalombatta
- Ráckeve
- Dunaújváros
- Paks
- Kalocsa
- Baja
- Mohács
- Croatia
- Serbia
- Apatin
- Bačka Palanka
- Futog
- Veternik
- Novi Sad
- Sremski Karlovci
- Zemun
- Belgrade – the capital of Serbia
- Pančevo
- Smederevo
- Veliko Gradište
- Golubac
- Donji Milanovac
- Kladovo
- Bulgaria
- Moldova
- Ukraine
- Romania
( from; www.wikipedia.org )
Bjorn @Heidenstrom