Danube Day in Germany

Keep the Danube Blue this summer in Germany!

Presentation of flags at the International Danube Festival 2024

Colourful flags symbolize the International Danube Festival Ulm/Neu-Ulm. 

  • Artists from Ulm/Neu-Ulm designed the flags. 

  • Almost 650 flags were designed and hand-painted individually. 

  • For the opening ceremony of the International Danube Festival, people will walk carrying the flags and place them along the banks of the Danube.

Location: Riverfronts of Ulm and Neu-Ulm, Germany 

Date and time: July 2024

Action day at the Inn-Museum in Rosenheim (Bavaria)

The event takes place at the major German tributary of the Danube: Inn

  • Information & hands-on activities and festivity for all age groups

  • Model to demonstrate flood risks and natural hazards in “LEGO” scale

  • Level and flow measurement on different ways: Participation desired 

  • Demonstration of a macrozoobenthos investigation of the river water: both biologically and chemically, 

  • Prize wheel and possibility to paint especially for children

  • Publicity and information regarding the Danube Art Master

Location: Rosenheim Inn museum, right on the waterfront of the river Inn

Date and time: 15 June 2024 

Contact & further information

For the latest news, please contact Germany's country coordinators:

Federal Level

Heide Jekel of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection on +49 228 99 305 2521; Heide.Jekel@bmuv.bund.de .
 

Bavaria

Simone Winter of the Bavarian State Ministry of the Environment and Consumer Protection on +49 89 9214 4363; Simone.Winter@bayern.de