Passau, Bavaria, Germany Genealogy

History and Geography


Passau (German pronunciation: [ˈpasaʊ]' Austro-Bavarian: Båssa) 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.[2] It is renowned in Germany for its institutes of economics, law, theology, computer science and cultural studies.