The Danube
Chamberlain, Joseph P. Excerpt from The Danube: In Five PartsThe Danube runs from the Black Forest to the Black Sea. It is formed by the junction of two small streams, the Brigach and Breg, just below Donaueschingen in the German state of Baden, at a point feet above sea level. It runs in an easterly direction across the German states of Wurtemberg, in which, at the city of Ulm, it becomes navigable, and Bavaria, where, at Ratisbon, reg ular navigation commences, th...