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the official portrait and sightseeing tour highlights by www.passau.de; produced by www.bayern.tv
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Adolf Hitler
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Alfred Dick
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Anna Rosmus
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Bruno Jonas
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Carpoforo Tencalla
Carpoforo Tencalla (or Tencala (10 September 1623 - 9 March 1685) was an influential Swiss-Italian Baroque painter of canvases and frescoes. He is little studied and has come only recently to the attention of art critics. He introduced the style of 17th-century Italian painting with its mythological subjects to Central Europe, reviving the art of fresco on large surfaces.
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Hans Fruhstorfer
Hans Fruhstorfer (March 7, 1866 Passau, Germany — April 9, 1922 in Munich) was a German explorer, insect trader and entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera. He collected and described many new species of exotic butterflies, especially in Seitz's Macrolepidoptera of the World.
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Ludwig Schmidseder
Ludwig Schmidseder (24 August 1904, in Passau – 21 June 1971, in Munich) was a German composer and pianist of the "Light Muse". Several of his Schlager compositions are still popular tunes today.
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Michael Ammermüller
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Nicolaus A. Huber
Nicolaus A. Huber (born 15 December 1939 in Passau) is a German composer.
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Peace of Passau
Holy Roman Emperor Charles V had won a victory against Protestantism in the Schmalkaldic War of 1547. Many Protestant princes were unhappy with the religious terms of the Augsburg Interim imposed after this victory. In January 1552, led by Maurice of Saxony, many formed an alliance with Henry II of France at the Treaty of Chambord. In return for French funding and assistance, Henry was promised lands in western Germany. In the ensuing Princes' War, Charles was driven out of Germany into Italy by the Protestant alliance, while Henry captured the fortresses of Metz, Verdun and Toulon.
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Scharfrichterhaus
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Hin & Weg | Mein... Passau
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- Published: 25 Oct 2009
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Für vier Monate studiert die US-Amerikanerin Kelsa Mueller aus Fort Thomas in Regensburg. Mit dem Zug fuhr sie nach Passau,um sich die Stadt im Süden Bayerns mit uns anzusehen. Ihr Tagesausflug als video on demand.
Das Passau Lied Dreiflüssewalzer "Chrissi della Rosa"
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- Published: 06 Sep 2009
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Das Passau-Lied - Der Dreiflüssewalzer wurde von Chrissi della Rosa als Hommage an seine Heimatstadt Passau in Kooperation mit Akropolis Film & Musik GmbH (Köln) produziert, von Jendrusch Media wurde das Video gedreht - fertig ist ein tolles Heimatvideo für die Stadt und Landkreis Passau.
Passau Lied
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- Published: 20 Sep 2009
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Das offizielle Passau-Lied
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Passau's location is at the junction of three river -- the Danube, the Inn, the Ilz, an important factor for its economic growth over the years, rivaling Salzburg by the 10th Century Passau is a lively modern town and history city located near the Austrian and Czech border, Passau has always been shaped by historical events. So the offer of its sights reflects the variety of historical testimony to see in this town Camera; Olympus Digital CAMEDIA C-60 Zoom Music: Johann Sebastian Bach; Concerto No. 3 in G major Tours by Vantage 1-800-322-6677
Passau ReiseVideo
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Aus der Videovalis-TV Reihe 'in jeweils 3 Minuten um die Welt' - Passau ist eine kreisfreie Universitätsstadt im Regierungsbezirk Niederbayern im Osten Bayerns.
Budapest to Passau in Five Minutes
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- Published: 06 Aug 2007
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- Author: cronoslogic
The high quality DivX version can be found below stage6.divx.com Travel from Budapest, Hungary to Passau, Germany in 5 minutes through this video. The trip starts in Budapest and travels of the Danube/Donau river through Bratislava, Vienna, Durnstein, Linz, the Wachau Valley and ends in Passau. Most shots were taken from the stability of a river ship's platform using a Panasonic AG-DVC30 3CCD camera with a Leica Dicomar lens. Other shots were taken from mountain top vantage points located near each city. All the content of this video was recorded, captured and edited by Joseph Weierheiser. The complete Budapest to Passau stock footage collection will be available soon at www.cronoslogic.com. All clips in this video are time lapsed, some as much a 6000% for time constraints. Have a question? Just ask. ~enjoy
Passau Panorama
3rd April 2007 - A sight of Passau from the castle.
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Welcome to Passau
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Highlights from Job in Passau. (2005)
Tödlicher Schulbusunfall im Landkreis Passau
Otterskirchen. Bei einem schweren Schulbusunglück auf der Staatsstraße 2323 zwischen Otterskirchen und Hidring ist am Montagnachmittag eine Busfahrerin ums Leben gekommen. Neun Schulkinder wurden leicht verletzt. Nach ersten Ermittlungen ist in einer Rechtskurve ein Kleinbus über die Mittelleitlinie geraten und mit einem entgegenkommenden Schulbus zusammengestoßen. Die Fahrerin des Kleinbusses erlag noch an der Unfallstelle ihren Verletzungen.
Maidult-Passau-2011-Flip-Fly
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- Published: 04 May 2011
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Das geilste Fahrgeschäft auf der Passauer Maidult 2011
Stadt Passau
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- Published: 03 Dec 2009
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Ansichten einer der schönsten Städte Bayerns
Agnus Dei GL 895 (Passau)
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Reger (3) on Europe's Largest Pipe Organ: Passau Cathedral
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Max Reger's Fantasy on 'Ein Feste Burg' runs about 13:15. So I've had to do some judicious editing to slip it in under 10 minutes. Hopefully, the edits won't be too obvious. Again, many thanks to Martin Doering of Die Orgelseite for his spectacular pictures. Recorded in April, 1983.
DJPAULKOMTV #24 PASSAU, GERMANY
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- Published: 13 Jun 2009
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DJPAULKOMTV #24 PASSAU, GERMANY
Hals - Passau
Von Passau nach Hals in 4 Minuten
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OFFIZIELLES INTRO VIDEO VON RAP 94!!! (C-Punch Beat) Mit ClevArtist, Conzept, MC Stone, P-Style, NextOne, MNO, B-tchad, Sondafall, D-Rexxz, MCF, C-Punch checkt: www.rap94.de
Reger on Europe's Largest Pipe Organ: Passau Cathedral
BIG GERMANIC MUSIC on a BIG GERMANIC INSTRUMENT. The folks in Passau & at 1st Congregational Church in LA tussled for many years over which place had the "World's Largest Church Organ" -- a somewhat interesting designation since the 2 largest instruments in the world are in a department store & a stadium-sized auditorium. The LA church finally won, but it could be temporary, since they're always adding pipes at both places in this never-ending struggle. In the mean time, Passau now stakes claim to being "The largest organ outside the US" In any event, it's a monster. It's actually 5 instruments situated at various places around the building: 357 ranks, all playable from a central 5-manual console in the gallery. Passau is in southeastern Bavaria, at the intersection of 3 rivers: the Inn, the Danube, & the Ilz. I had to edit out about 20 seconds of this piece to fit inside the Tube's time limits. Hopefully, it's not too obvious where; some people say Reger should be edited much more ;-). He CAN take a long time to explore a musical thought.
Staatliche Bibliothek Passau
Ein Kurzfilm über die Staatliche Bibliothek Passau, ihre Geschichte, ihre Bestände, ihre Aufgaben
Europaplatz Passau 20.4.08
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- Duration: 6:00
- Published: 21 Apr 2008
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- Author: MichiHeindl
A very funny session at the Europaplatz in Passau with John Dichtl, Bastian Kalous, Alexander Rudolfi, Andreas Kugler and myself. Enjoy
Reger (2) on Europe's Largest Pipe Organ: Passau Cathedral
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Max Reger's Introduction & Passacaglia in D minor. Passau now calls its instrument (which is actually 5 separate instruments playable from a central console) the "largest organ outside the US" That works. Edgar Krapp made this recording in April of 1983. Martin Doering of Die Orgelseite (which I highly recommend to organ-lovers) provided most of the pictures.
Study Abroad at Passau University in Germany
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- Published: 10 Jul 2008
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Just how swell is the University of Passau? In 2005 Outsider was hired by Capital Law School in Columbus, Ohio to make a video that showed and told prospective US law students why they should study abroad in Passua. We had an absolute blast making this video.
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Flying with a small 2p airplane over Passau - rivers: bright=Inn dark=Danube The convergence of the Inn (left) and Danube (right) in Passau. 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').
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Inn promenade Passau / wam2
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Veste Oberhaus, Passau.
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Some 300 people demonstrate against violence by rightists in Passau, southern Germany, Monday, Dec. 15, 2008.
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Some 300 people demonstrate against violence by rightists in Passau, southern Germany, Monday, Dec. 15, 2008.
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Passau (Latin: Batavis or Batavia, also Passavium; Italian: Passavia; Czech: Pasov, Slovene: Pasav ) is a town in Lower Bavaria, Germany,
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Ilz-Loop between Passau and Oberilzmühle
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Passau from the South. In front the Inn River
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Passau from the Veste Oberhaus. In front the Danube River
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Erentrudis Chapel
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Germany
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Danube
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Göttweig Abbey (Stift Göttweig) is a Benedictine monastery near Krems in Lower Austria.
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Göttweig Abbey (Stift Göttweig) is a Benedictine monastery near Krems in Lower Austria.
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Ilz
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Grafenau, Bavaria
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Visit by José Manuel Barroso, President of the EC, to Germany, where he takes part in the "Menschen in Europe" conference with Angela Merkel
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Steward's house
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Kelbra
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Seitenstetten Abbey (Stift Seitenstetten) is a Benedictine monastery in Seitenstetten in the Mostviertel region of Lower Austria.
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Seitenstetten Abbey (Stift Seitenstetten) is a Benedictine monastery in Seitenstetten in the Mostviertel region of Lower Austria.
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Seitenstetten Abbey (Stift Seitenstetten) is a Benedictine monastery in Seitenstetten in the Mostviertel region of Lower Austria.
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Conventual building
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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".
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Altötting is a town in Bavaria, capital of the district Altötting.
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Seitenstetten Abbey (Stift Seitenstetten) is a Benedictine monastery in Seitenstetten in the Mostviertel region of Lower Austria.
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Seitenstetten Abbey (Stift Seitenstetten) is a Benedictine monastery in Seitenstetten in the Mostviertel region of Lower Austria.
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GERMANYGermany: Passau made for walking
18 Mar 2007
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A few hours spent strolling Old Town's narrow, twisting and sometimes steep streets only whetted our appetites for a longer visit to this Bavarian city. PASSAU, Germany -- Like Pittsburgh, Passau sits at the confluence of three rivers, but it's nothing like the American metropolis. No high rises -- Passau's cityscape is a jumble of red-roofed low-rise buildings punctuated with...
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Passau
| Image photo | Passau Innpromenade.jpg |
|---|---|
| Type | Stadt |
| Wappen | Wappen Passau.svg |
| Lat deg | 48 |lat_min = 34 | lat_sec=0 |
| Lon deg | 13 |lon_min = 28 | lon_sec=0 |
| Bundesland | Bayern |
| Regierungsbezirk | Niederbayern |
| Landkreis | Kreisfreie Stadt |
| Höhe | 294-447 |
| Fläche | 69.58 |
| Einwohner | 50507 |
| Stand | 2006-06-30 |
| Gemeindeschlüssel | 09262000 |
| Plz | 94001–94036 |
| Vorwahl | 0851 |
| Kfz | PA |
| Website | www.passau.de |
| Bürgermeister | Jürgen Dupper |
| Bürgermeistertitel | Oberbürgermeister |
| Partei | SPD |
Passau's population is 50,415, of whom about 10,000 are students at the local University of Passau. The university, founded in the late 1970s, is the extension of the Institute for Catholic Studies (Katholisch-Theologische Fakultät) founded in 1622. It is renowned in Germany for its institutes of Economics, Law, Theology, Computer Sciences and Cultural Science.
History
In the second century BC, many of the Boii tribe were pushed north across the Alps out of northern Italy by the Romans. They established a new capital called Boiodurum by the Romans, now within the Innstadt district of Passau.Passau was an ancient Roman colony of ancient Noricum called Batavis, Latin for "for the Batavi." The Batavi were an ancient Germanic tribe often mentioned by classical authors, and they were regularly associated with the Suebian marauders, the Heruli.
During the second half of the 5th century, St. Severinus established a monastery here. In 739, an English Celtic monk called Boniface founded the diocese of Passau and this was the largest diocese of the Holy Roman Empire for many years.
In the Treaty of Passau (1552), Archduke Ferdinand I, representing Emperor Charles V, secured the agreement of the Protestant princes to submit the religious question to a diet. This led to the Peace of Augsburg in 1555.
During the Renaissance and early modern period, Passau was one of the most prolific centres of sword and bladed weapon manufacture in Germany (after Solingen). Passau smiths stamped their blades with the Passau wolf, usually a rather simplified rendering of the wolf on the city's coat-of-arms. Superstitious warriors believed that the Passau wolf conferred invulnerability on the blade's bearer, and thus Passau swords acquired a great premium. As a result, the whole practice of placing magical charms on swords to protect the wearers came to be known for a time as "Passau art." (See Eduard Wagner, Cut and Thrust Weapons, 1969). Other cities' smiths, including those of Solingen, recognized the marketing value of the Passau wolf and adopted it for themselves. By the 17th century, Solingen was producing more wolf-stamped blades than Passau was. In 1662, a devastating fire consumed most of the city. Passau subsequently was rebuilt in a Baroque style.
Passau was secularised and divided between Bavaria and Salzburg in 1803. The portion belonging to Salzburg became part of Bavaria in 1805.
From 1892 until 1894 Adolf Hitler and his family lived in Passau. The city archives mention Hitler being in Passau on 4 different occasions in the 1920s for speeches.
During World War II the town housed three sub-camps of the infamous Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp: Passau I (Oberilzmühle), Passau II (Waldwerke Passau-Ilzstadt) and Passau III (Jandelsbrunn). It was the site of a post World War II American sector displaced persons camp.
Subdivisions
The City of Passau is subdivided into eight statistical districts, which in general coincide with formerly separate municipalities. {| class="wikitable sortable" |-style="background: #CCC;" ! Nr. || align ="left"|District || AreaHectares || Populationmainresidence2005-12-31||Population per km²||Remarks |- | 1 || Altstadt || align="right"| 152.6018|| align="right"| 3067 ||align="right"|2010 || historical center, with St. Nikola (incorporated 1870) |- | 2 || Innstadt || align="right"| 508.9354|| align="right"| 4861 ||align="right"|955 ||right of Inn river, incorporated 1923 as Beiderwies |- | 3 || Haidenhof Süd || align="right"| 406.9042|| align="right"| 4810 ||align="right"|1182 || 1909 Haidenhof municipality incorporated |- | 4 || Haidenhof Nord || align="right"| 871.8241|| align="right"| 11292 ||align="right"| 1295 || 1909 Haidenhof municipality incorporated |- | 5 || Heining || align="right"| 2085.9484|| align="right"| 11121 ||align="right"|533|| incorporated 1972-07-01 |- | 6 || Hacklberg || align="right"| 1668.8038|| align="right"| 5553 ||align="right"|333|| incorporated 1972-07-01 |- | 7 || Hals || align="right"| 407.3414 || align="right"| 1491 ||align="right"| 366|| incorporated 1972-07-01 |- | 8 || Grubweg || align="right"| 857.9621|| align="right"| 7202 ||align="right"|839|| incorporated 1972-07-01 |-style="background: #DDD;" | class="sortbottom" | ||Passau|| align="right"| 6954.9200 || align="right"| 49397||align="right"| 710|| |}
Main sights
Tourism in Passau focuses mainly on the three rivers, the St. Stephen's Cathedral (Der Passauer Stephansdom) and the "Old City" (Die Altstadt). With 17,774 pipes and 233 registers, the organ at St. Stephen's was long held to be the largest church pipe organ in the world and is today second in size only to the organ at First Congregational Church, Los Angeles, which was expanded in 1994. Organ concerts are held daily between May and September. St.Stephen is a true masterpiece of Italian Baroque,built by Italian architect Carlo Lurago and decorated in part by Carpoforo Tencalla. Many river cruises down the Danube start at Passau and there is a cycling path all the way down to Vienna. It is also notable for its gothic and baroque architecture. The town is dominated by the Veste Oberhaus and the former fortress of the Bishop, on the mountain crest between the Danube and the Ilz rivers. Right beside the town hall is the Scharfrichterhaus, an important jazz and cabaret stage on which political cabaret is performed.
Twin cities
Hackensack, USA, since 1952 Dumfries, Scotland, UK since 1957 Cagnes-sur-Mer, France, since 1973 Krems an der Donau, Austria, since 1974 Akita, Japan, since 1984 Málaga, Spain, since 1987 České Budějovice, Czech Republic, since 1993 Liuzhou, People's Republic of China, since 1999 Veszprém, Hungary, since 1999 Montecchio Maggiore, Italy, since 2003
Notable people
See also
References
External links
Official website Passau WikiCategory:Passau district Category:Populated places on the Danube Category:Displaced Persons camps
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