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One of the longest river of Europe
 
The Danube is the second longer river in Europe after the Volga; it is the only European river to be run of west in east.

The source is located in the area of the Black forest in Germany.
It runs out on (2850 km) towards the east, it finishes its race by a vast delta of more than 800.000 km2 at the Eastern end of Romania and throws itself in the Black Sea.

The Danube is very important for commercial transport, and its geographical situation.

The Danube crosses eleven countries of which: Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Slovenia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, and Romania.

The Danube crosses much important cities of which: Vienna, Budapest, Bratislava, and Belgrade.

The Danube is connected using channels to Oder and the Rhine, which allows going from the North Sea to the Black Sea.

The Danube through the history

The Danube was employed like important means of transport for soldiers during almost 2.000 years.

The river was the border Scandinavian of the Roman Empire, and the Roman soldiers borrowed it river, as well as Goths, the Slavic ones, Huns and other tribes Germanic employed the Danube to circulate in the Roman Empire.

Later, the Danube was used to reach in Constantinople. Crossed had taken the practice to travel on the Danube to regain more quickly Holy Land.

Towards the end of average the ages, the Turks of Stool employed the Danube to penetrate more easily in Europe power station and Western.
Of many treaties were signed to preserve the free access to all bordering country.

In the preceding part of the 19th century, it The Danube was used as bond between the industrial sector of Germany and them Balkans.
Austria and other European nations have requests in count the threat which weighed on the area in particular to prevent Russia to gain the delta of the Danube.

The Treaty of Paris signed into 1856 put an end to the Crimean War.
In it treaty it was recommended that a European Commission is installed to control the delta of the Danube.

The Commission made changes with the delta to make it more navigable for the commercial traffic.

In 1890, Austria began a series of improvements to the delta.
These improvements were known as "iron carries" at the end of First World War with the Treaty of Versailles which has summer signed in 1919.

The European Commission was confirmed in this treaty. Another commission was then installed to control the Danube above the delta.
During the Second World War, it was difficult to control the Danube. Germany Nazi A requests the control of all the river of 1940 until 1944.
With the end of this one the communist bloc creates its own commission above the delta.

DONAU - THE DANUBE - DUNAREA

In what will follow we propose a voyage to you on the Danube on this Fleuve which never lost the row of most historical of Europe. Us let us begin this long descent of this one leaves these German sources, moreover, a small plate of the town of Danaueshingen takes to us with witnesses of this colossal phenomenon: "Yesterday entspringt die Danau" - "Here was born the Danube ".

From, by looking on the chart (above) the network of all it catchment’s area of the river, it is impossible not to be struck its resemblance leaves has a lengthened sheet.

 Along the vein principal, which is worth the court Danubian, have finds in row much localities which means, each one with its manner, millenia of existence, habits, specific traditions of the people which live on banks of this large European axis.

It is the case for example of Sigmaringen, with its famous castle connected to the one of the branches, not less famous, German princes of Hohenzollen- Sigmaringen.

 With its XVII 2nd century old tapestries, with its guns offered by Napoleon III, it is today still not only one museum interesting, but also a place which recalls large the figures among which it is has to retain prince Carol1er de Hohenzollen, that which a beautiful
morning of 1866 left its family in order to arrive on the Danube in Romania, country where it was going to become king.

Have will find then, on the higher Danube the town of Ulm, called " city of the German idyll ", place also of the one of largest fights Napoleonean, also or rises the cathedral which has more the highest tower of the world, this city being has the time the hearth of one caption concerning a marvellous white horse which could cross it river of only one jump.

On the town of Igolstadt, through which one will pass, with The Danube, one will learn that it is re-elected for military traditions; the fortress had locked up as prisoner, during the first war world that which was going to become General de Gaulle.

Have sees by far, of the medium of the river, the round building high on one hill of Kehlheim by Louis 1st of Bavaria, in remembering the wars delivered against Napoleon.

Not far from here, one will see celebrates it town of Regensburg, with are large stone bridge under which the Danube walks its richness of its dark water. Here, where it with have, in 1519, "the heart of the Saint Worsens Romain Germanic ".

By making halt Passau has, city that one still calls "Venice of Bavaria ".It is an eminently lake city, because it is located on The Danube, Inn, and the river of Ilz.

We arrive to Austria there the river runs majestueusement in capital. Have will not be delayed maintaining on Prater, Schönbrunn, on the Opera or Dom de Saint Etienne one will not evoke either, the memory of "sissi" or the enclosure "Diane" where one intoned for the first time the "blue Danube" of Strauss.

For the Romanians, Vienna remains city which carried forever the mark of the youth of Eminescu who has studied at the university; the culture Viennese was for her genius one source which the poet returned feverishly, later, in its work.

The Danube passes through Eckhautsau, where to abdicate Charles Piria, the last emperor of Habsbourgs; then it crosses Eisenstadt, where Haydn was born and where he died, to arrive to Bratislava. It is second capital which the river crosses.

This Slovak city bore the name of Posnium (Presbourg); it was one Roman outpost over the river and two centuries during, it was provisional capital of the Hungarian kingdom, after the Turks had occupied Budapest in 1526.

The river arrives to Budapest, with its glory the Hungarians have an emission radio which is called "Year der Donau".The town of Budapest is third capital to cross by the Danube it is all made different from the city which showed the travellers about 1800.

Have has to draw up buildings according to the model Viennese, just like them building of comes wanted to imitate those of Paris. It is beautiful inspiration of town planning on which the Danube confers a note of sumptuousness and of romanticism; the river rolls its floods towards others cities.

Cruisers on the Danube

Cruising on the Danube: the season start in April to finish at the end of October. Cruising last several days, with many stopovers.

The Fauna and Flora of the delta

The Danube shelters many species animals a fauna and flora very rich person especially in are the basin, certainly most important of Europe.

There are many species different in the lily from water. Arenaceous fields along the river are covered with grass called Stippa.

There are also many forests along the Danube. They contain their own flora as well. In the forest of Letea, there is some 250 10 meters length meters broad dunes and.

There is more than 300 species of birds, a great percentage of world population of these species live in the basin of the Danube.

 Delta of the Danube is a very important field for fish. More 45 species of fresh water fish live in the lakes consisted the delta.
One of these species, (Acipenséridé), is endangered.

The Danube also has a single cultural asset.
Its history can to be traced with the remainders of the Greek commercial payment and Roman bench in the sector.

The delta is flooded a 91% each year. One expects that this figure increases while the descent continuous and more water lakes and ways are formed.

With these floods, of the deposits alluvia of the ground and the ores are moved and deposited in various places. In one year, thousands of tons are moved.

This erosion of the ground causes a replanning continuous of the delta and the sand banks in the river.

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