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Passau
Donaulände and Old town
Donaulände and Old town
Coat of arms of Passau
Coat of arms
Passau   is located in Germany
Passau
Passau
Coordinates: 48°34′0″N 13°28′0″E / 48.56667°N 13.46667°E / 48.56667; 13.46667Coordinates: 48°34′0″N 13°28′0″E / 48.56667°N 13.46667°E / 48.56667; 13.46667
Country Germany
State Bavaria
Admin. region Niederbayern
District Urban district
Government
 • Lord Mayor Jürgen Dupper (SPD)
Area
 • Total 69.58 km2 (26.86 sq mi)
Elevation 294-447 m (−1,173 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
 • Total 50,566
 • Density 730/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 94001–94036
Dialling codes 0851
Vehicle registration PA
Website www.passau.de

Passau (German pronunciation: [ˈpasaʊ]) is a town in Lower Bavaria, Germany. It is also known as the Dreiflüssestadt or "City of Three Rivers," because the Danube is joined at Passau by the Inn from the south and the Ilz from the north.

Passau's population is 50,000 of whom about 12,000 are students at the local University of Passau. It is renowned in Germany for its institutes of economics, law, theology, computer science and Cultural Studies.

In the 2nd 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 (from Gaulish Boioduron), 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 monk called Boniface founded the diocese of Passau, which for many years was the largest diocese of the German Kingdom/Holy Roman Empire, covering territory in southern Bavaria and most of what is now Upper and Lower Austria. From the 10th century the bishops of Passau also exercised secular authority as Prince-Bishops in the immediate area around Passau (see Prince-Bishopric of Passau ()).


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