Danube at Regensburg and Passau: Flooding and debris

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Danube at Regensburg and Passau: how the place works

At Passau the Danube, the Inn and the Ilz meet, and during Alpine snowmelt the Inn brings more water than the Danube itself. The level can rise by metres within a day, and the current increases accordingly.

Danube at Regensburg and Passau: what breaks there

The picture resembles the Moselle: boats moved too late, pontoons floating off their piles, debris on rudders and propellers. Add the locks at the barrages, where you have to berth in a strong current.

Danube at Regensburg and Passau: what this means for your policy

Two points: whether flooding is covered, and whether the policy requires moving or lifting out when high water is forecast and pays the cost of doing so. The second decides whether reacting in time is cheap or expensive for you.

Cruising range

In the calculator this spot falls under German inland waters

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