Category: Danube: Environments, Histories, and Cultures
Day 7. Danube Excursion: Bratislava—Munich
by Lea Wiser Bratislava → Munich Spending a night on a boat and waking up to views over the glimmering river is not something that happens every day. After a long night, a hearty breakfast helped us to regain our energy for the… Continue Reading “Day 7. Danube Excursion: Bratislava—Munich”
Day 6. Danube Excursion: Vienna—Bratislava
by Laura Kuen Vienna → Orth → Gabčíkovo → Bratislava Traveling from Vienna to Bratislava, our day’s topics branched in quite different directions: water power and nature conservation. We first visited the Austrian National Park Donau-Auen in Orth and later the Gabčíkovo Dams, Slovakia’s biggest hydroelectric plant.… Continue Reading “Day 6. Danube Excursion: Vienna—Bratislava”
Day 5. Danube Excursion: Krems—Vienna
by Christoph Netz Krems → Vienna Research Channels, Sterlets, and the Danube Island of Vienna With another early start, it was lucky that the memorable apricot jam, a local specialty, provided a good incentive to get up in time for breakfast. Only five minutes… Continue Reading “Day 5. Danube Excursion: Krems—Vienna”
Day 4. Danube Excursion: Linz—Krems
by Stefan Bitsch Linz → Hütting → Grein → Melk → Krems Dangers of the Danube: Floods and Rapids throughout History On the fourth day of our excursion, the group had the opportunity to learn from Christian Rohr (University of Bern) and Severin Hohensinner… Continue Reading “Day 4. Danube Excursion: Linz—Krems”
Day 3. Danube Excursion: Passau—Linz
by Lea Wiser Passau → Linz Our third day on the Danube excursion was both eventful and thought provoking, packed with activities covering a broad range of subjects: from environment and sustainability to modern history and the Nazi regime, to where these two subjects… Continue Reading “Day 3. Danube Excursion: Passau—Linz”
Day 2. Danube Excursion: Deggendorf—Passau
Written by Leon Gomoll Deggendorf → Vilshofen → Jochenstein → Passau Bridge-Building and Nature Conservation on the Donau Early Modern Bridges and Politics in Bavaria On the second day of our field trip, we learned about Early Modern bridge-building in Bavaria. Martin Keßler’s talk… Continue Reading “Day 2. Danube Excursion: Deggendorf—Passau”
Day 1. The Danube Excursion: Munich—Deggendorf
Written by David Stäblein Munich —> Winzer —> Mühlham —> Deggendorf The bus ride from Munich to Deggendorf along the Isar river The landscape en route from Munich to Deggendorf is dominated by the flat valley of the river Isar. The river has carried… Continue Reading “Day 1. The Danube Excursion: Munich—Deggendorf”
Danube: Environments, Histories, and Cultures
A Place-Based Workshop 4–11 June 2017 Winding through Central and Eastern Europe, the once longstanding frontier of the Roman empire, the Danube, has carved its way into the landscapes and cultures of the countries it traverses. But the marks of humans, imprints of the… Continue Reading “Danube: Environments, Histories, and Cultures”
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