More than a thousand years ago Charlemagne tried to join together two tributaries of the Danube and Main Rivers, but geological conditions and heavy rains defeated his engineers. Nearly a century ago ...

In addition, rail and the navigable Main-Danube Canal still have free capacity.” - Irene Lucius, Regional Conservation Director, WWF Central and Eastern Europe. Despite its enormous cost, at least 23 ...

One hundred years ago, Charlemagne’s dream was realized by Ludwig I of Bavaria, who joined the Rhine’s branch, the Main, with the Danube. It was Germany’s first canal of any consequence ...

By 1992 these two invasion populations had been given the opportunity to mix extensively across the newly built Main–Danube canal. Different hypotheses about the dynamics of genetic interchange ...

Danube and Main-Danube Canal, where the bulk of the oldest and most traditional Christmas markets are set. Whether it is Nuremberg’s market dating to 1628; the fairy-tale feel of the 420-year ...

EVEN DEEPER CANAL He said that heavy congestion of the Danube ports and long queues at the Romanian Sulina canal were the main reasons for the move. Ukraine, which has vastly increased exports via ...