Both Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg are celebrating Danube Day in Germany. Join us in Bavaria for a grand celebration: the completion of the restoration of floodplains between Neuburg and Ingolstadt. Both towns are gearing up for some fabulous festivities during an Action Week for the Danube. While in Binzwangen, in Baden-Württemberg, the schoolroom is moving to the Danube, giving children the chance to study their river. Come and get active for your river at Germany's all-swimming - nature watching - bike riding - river exploring - night walking - art making - fish cooking Danube Day!
Read on for event information in German and English.
Danube Day 2010 Press Release (in German): 25.6.10: Call for action and cross border cooperation 6.96 KB
DANUBE DAY 2010: GET ACTIVE FOR THE RIVERS!
Events
| Neuburg und Ingolstadt | 26.06.2010 - 04.07.2010 | Aktionswoche an der Donau in Neuburg und Ingolstadt | 48.762145 | 11.425389 |
| Binzwangen | 29.06.2010 - 10:00 | Schulen an die Donau | 48.106743 | 9.421892 |
Binzwangen, Baden-Württemberg: "Schools to the Danube" (29 June 2010; 10:00)
An ecological mobile classroom at Binzwangen, south of Reutlingen, will allow school children to learn about their river firsthand at the new floodplain regeneration site. Hermann Strampfer, Head of Tübingen District Administration, and Alexander Leitz, Mayor of Ertingen, will begin the day by welcoming children and teachers to the area. Local officials will outline the large-scale project to re-instate natural floodplains and the children will investigate the ecology and geography of the Danube and report back their impressions.
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Ingolstadt/Neuburg: Action Week for the Danube (26 June - 4 July 2010)
A week-long celebration of Danube Day and the completion of the Danube floodplains restoration between Ingolstadt and Neuburg. The highlight of Action Week takes place on Danube Day: Dr. Markus Söder (Minister of State
for the Environment and Public Health) will attend a Danube Celebration
marking the completion of the floodplains project, taking place in
Schloss Grünau.
Programme of events follows below.
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Ingolstadt: Action Week programme (26 June - 4 July 2010)
26 June 2010: Danube Swim
30 June 2010: Insect hunt and guided walk
1 July 2010: "A bug's life" family walk
3 July 2010: Guided tour to the birds of the Danube floodplain
4 July 2010: "Tales of the Danube" bike tour
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Neuburg: Action Week programme (26 June - 4 July 2010)
26-27 June 2010: Open-air Danube Festival on the river quay
29 June 2010: Danube Celebration at the Auenzentrum
1 July 2010: Night-walk along the river
2 July 2010: Award ceremony of the Danube Art Master competition at the Auenzentrum
3 July 2010: "Specialities of the Danube" gastronomic event at the Auenzentrum
4 July 2010: Open Day at the Auenzentrum
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The 2nd July award ceremony will mark the completion of the search to find this year's young Danube Art Master for Germany. This international schools competition, overseen by the Danube Environmental Forum and now in its seventh year, challenges every pupil in the Basin to create a piece of environmental art inspired by their local river. The only rules are that you should be as creative as possible and think about what the Danube means to you. If you need some ideas, check out the Inspiration page. To find out how to enter, contact Sylva Orlamuende of the Bavarian Ministry for Environment and Health on +49 89 92 1443 58; sylva [dot] orlamuende [at] stmug [dot] bayern [dot] de.
Tour International Danubien (26 June - 10 Sept 2010)
Four young Germans taking part in the 55th year of the Tour International Danubien (TID) have lent their support to Danube Day. Starting at Ingolstadt in Germany just before Danube Day, Pinchas, Robin, Julian & Ramin are rowing the 1516 km to Sfantu Gheorghe in Romania aboard their boat, the Käptn Blaubär. On their way, they will pass through Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, Bulgaria and Romania. Check out the boys in their Danube Day T shirts on their blog (see entry for 3rd July) and view the TID web site.
Download the fact sheet
For information on events and organisers, download the fact sheet: Danube Day 2010 in Germany 19.86 KB
Further information
Bavaria:
For details of the "Action Week for the Danube", contact Walter Hoferer or Adelheid Böhm of the Ingolstadt Water Authority on +49 841 3705 0; poststelle [at] wwa-in [dot] bayern [dot] de.
For general information and details on how to enter the Danube Art Master contest, contact Sylva Orlamuende of the Bavarian Ministry for Environment and Health on +49 89 92 1443 58; sylva [dot] orlamuende [at] stmug [dot] bayern [dot] de.
Baden-Württemberg:
For details of the "Schools to the Danube" event, contact Helmut Klepser of the District Administration of Tübingen at Hans-Helmut [dot] Klepser [at] rpt [dot] bwl [dot] de.
Click here for background information on the floodplains restoration project.
For general information on Danube Day in Germany, contact Knut Beyer of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety on +49 228 305 2536; knut [dot] beyer [at] bmu [dot] bund [dot] de.
To see how Germany celebrated Danube Day last year, go to Review 2009.
links
Bavarian Ministry for Environment and Health : www.stmugv.bayern.de
Auenzentrum Neuburg: www.auenzentrum-neuburg.de
District Administration of Tübingen: www.rp-tuebingen.de
