Source of the Danube

Donauquelle in Donaueschingen
Donauquelle near Furtwangen

The Danube is conventionally taken to be formed by the confluence of the two streams Brigach and Breg just east of Donaueschingen. Known as the source of the Danube (Donauquelle) is the source of the Donaubach in Donaueschigen itself. Hydrologically, the source of the Danube is the source of the Breg as the larger of the two formative streams, which rises near Furtwangen.

There was an active rivalry between the municipalities of Furtwangen and Donaueschingen for the claim of being home to the "official" source of the Danube since the 1950s, sometimes with the involvement of the government of the state of Baden-Württemberg. Thus, in 1981 the state government granted Donaueschingen the request that the source in Furtwangen should no longer be labelled Donauquelle in official maps.[1] The history of the dispute was documented by Claudio Magris in his Danubio (1986).

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  1. ↑ Quellensammlung des Fürstenberg-Gymnasiums Donaueschingen: Zur Donauquelle, 2010, abgerufen am 30. Dezember 2012

Coordinates: 48°05′42″N 8°09′18″E / 48.0951°N 8.1549°E