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Bosniaks, Hungary
(i)

Bosnian war
(i)

Botez, Eugeniu (Jean Bart),
Europolis
(i)

Bozhinova, Stela, director of Persina Nature Park
(i)

bragă
(hop drink)
(i)

Brǎila, Romania
(i)

Brâncuşi, Constantin

sculptor
(i)
,
(ii)

sculptures
(i)

story of master carver
(i)

Branković, Durad, Serbian ruler
(i)
,
(ii)

Braşov, Romania, Red Flag Truck Factory
(i)

Bratislava, Slovakia
(i)

Hungarian kings and
(i)

Petržalka
(i)

Brătianu, Romania, ferry to Galaţi
(i)

Brecht, Bertolt, poet
(i)
,
(ii)
n
2

Breg, River
(i)

Bregach, River
(i)

Brici, Vasile, beekeeper
(i)

bridges

Budapest
(i)

Cernavodă
(i)

new
(i)

Novi Sad
(i)

oldest stone (Regensburg)
(i)

Ruse
(i)
,
(ii)

Bronze Age
(i)
,
(ii)

Broz, environmental organisation
(i)
,
(ii)

Bucharest, Philip Morris tobacco factory
(i)

Bucharest, Treaty of (1812)
(i)

Bucur, Ionel, director of nuclear power plant
(i)
,
(ii)

Buda

Ottoman loss of
(i)

siege of
(i)

thermal baths
(i)

Budapest

author's cycle accident
(i)
,
(ii)

Freedom Bridge
(i)

Gellért Hill
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

thermal springs
(i)
,
(ii)

Bulgaria

and Alans
(i)

conversion to Christianity
(i)

currency
(i)

EU funding for
(i)

National Agricultural Party
(i)

national character
(i)

Roma people
(i)

Turkish rule
(i)

Bulgars
(i)

Buna, River
(i)

Burebista, Dacian king
(i)

burials, prehistoric
(i)

Byzantium, rebuilding of Roman fortresses
(i)

C.A. Rosetti village, Romania
(i)

Caesar Augustus, Emperor
(i)

Cǎlǎraşi, Romania
(i)

Museum of the Lower Danube
(i)

Calderash Gypsies
(i)
,
(ii)

camels, Koloseum Circus
(i)

candles, at Sari Saltuq's tomb
(i)

Canetti, Elias
(i)

Memoirs
(i)

Carnuntum, battle of (
c.
170)
(i)

Carol I, King of Romania
(i)

Carol II, King of Romania
(i)
,
(ii)

carp
(i)
,
(ii)

Carpathian mountains
(i)

Cassius Dio, Roman historian
(i)

catfish
(i)
,
(ii)

Ceauşescu, Nicolae
(i)
,
(ii)

and Lake Razim
(i)

visit to Danube canal
(i)

Celts

Bratislava
(i)

Budapest
(i)

iron-working
(i)

oppidum
at Kelheim
(i)

Cerna, River
(i)

Cernavodă, Romania

Angel Saligny bridge
(i)

figurines
(i)
,
(ii)

nuclear power station
(i)
,
(ii)

Červena Voda, Bulgaria,
(i)

Četaţii Tricole, Romania
(i)

Chapman, John, archaeologist
(i)

char (
saibling
)
(i)

charcoal-burners
(i)

Charles of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, prince of Romania
(i)

Charles IV, king of Hungary
(i)
,
(ii)
n
13

Chechens, in Austria
(i)

cheese,
brindza
(i)

chemical fertilisers
(i)

Chera, Constantin, historian
(i)

Chernobyl nuclear disaster (1986)
(i)

Christianity

arrival of
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Hungary
(i)

Cioban, Virgiliu, Galaţi Harbour Authority
(i)

Ciurunga, Andrei, ‘Canalul’
(i)

climate change
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

and bees
(i)

drought
(i)
,
(ii)

Colomann, Irish (Scottish) pilgrim (1012)
(i)

colours of the Danube
(i)
,
(ii)

blue
(i)
,
(ii)

dark green
(i)
,
(ii)

at Donaueschingen
(i)

green
(i)
,
(ii)

silver
(i)
,
(ii)

silver green
(i)
,
(ii)

Comecon (Soviet economic union)
(i)

communist era

agriculture
(i)
,
(ii)

building of Danube canal
(i)

Bulgaria
(i)
,
(ii)

destruction of water-mills
(i)

industry
(i)

nostalgia for
(i)

Communist Party, Romanian
(i)
,
(ii)

conservation projects

and flood management
(i)

new gravel banks
(i)

reforestation in Donau‐Auen national park
(i)

restoration of meanders
(i)
,
(ii)

wetland forest restoration, Grünau
(i)

Constanţa, Romania, Natural History and Archaeology Museum
(i)

Constantine VII, Emperor
(i)
,
(ii)
n
4

Constantinople, fall of (1453)
(i)

copper
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Neolithic workings
(i)
,
(ii)

smelting kilns
(i)

Copper Age civilisation
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)

copper mines, Serbia
(i)

copper stills
(i)

cormorants
(i)

black
(i)

Coronelli, Vincenzo, astrologer
(i)

Cossacks, Don
(i)

Cousteau, Jacques
(i)

Cremer, Fritz, sculptor
(i)

Crete, Minoan culture
(i)
,
(ii)

Crimean War
(i)
,
(ii)

Crisan, Romania
(i)

Croatia
(i)

war with Serbia
(i)

cross, stone
(i)

Crusade, Third
(i)

Csallóközaranyos, Slovakia
(i)

Csepel island
(i)
,
(ii)

paper mill
(i)

Cseres, Tibor, author
(i)

Čunovo, Slovakia, storage lake
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Cuza, Alexander, prince of Romania
(i)

Czarny, Zawisza (Black Knight)
(i)

Częstochowa, Poland, Black Madonna of
(i)

Dacian people
(i)

fishing for sturgeon
(i)

and Getae
(i)

Romans and
(i)
,
(ii)

Trajan's conquest of
(i)
,
(ii)

Dacian runic script
(i)
,
(ii)

Damat Ali Pasha

Ottoman commander
(i)

tomb
(i)

Danube canal
(i)
,
(ii)

Danube Circle
(i)

Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve
(i)
,
(ii)

Danube Delta Research Centre, Tulcea
(i)

Danube gorge (Kelheim to Weltenburg)
(i)

see also
Iron Gates

Danube, River

blockage (1999–2003)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

channels
(i)

Chilia branch (north)
(i)

course changes
(i)

delta xiii–xxi
(i)
,
(ii)

frozen
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)

highest navigable point (Kelheim)
(i)

management
(i)

meanders
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

navigability
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)
,
(v)

new bridges
(i)

oldest stone bridge
(i)

Sfântu Gheorghe branch (south)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

shallows and islands (Szigetköz and Csallóköz region)
(i)
,
(ii)

Sulina branch (middle)
(i)
,
(ii)

as trade route
(i)

water levels
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)
,
(iv)

see also
colours; floods; islands

‘Danube script’
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

and Vinča culture
(i)

Danube snail (
theodoxus danubialis
)
(i)

‘Danube Temple’, Donaueschingen
(i)

Danube-Rhein-Main canal
(i)

Danubiana modern art gallery, near Čunovo, Slovakia
(i)

d'Aramont, Gabriel, ambassador
(i)

Dávid, Géza, historian
(i)

Decebal, chief of the Dacians
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

Demirel, Sultan, President of Turkey
(i)

Densusiana, Nicolae,
Prehistoric Dacia
(i)

Dervent, Romania, monastery
(i)

dervishes

Bektashi
(i)
,
(ii)

Khalveti
(i)

Derzhavin, Gavrila, poet
(i)

Devin, Slovakia, castle
(i)

Dizdar, Mak, poet
(i)

Dobrogea region (Danube delta)
(i)

early populations
(i)

wind turbines
(i)
,
(ii)

Donau‐Auen national park, Slovakia
(i)

Donaueschingen
(i)

Furstenberg park
(i)

Dorin, Nistor, customs officer
(i)

doves
(i)

Dragan, Iosif Constantin, businessman
(i)

Drava, River
(i)
,
(ii)

Dresch, Mihály, Jazz Quartet
(i)

dress

Muslim
(i)

traditional costumes
(i)

Drin, White and Black rivers
(i)

Drina, River
(i)

Drobina, Kristijan, Ovcára memorial farm
(i)

drought
(i)

Hungary
(i)

Dulev, Petar, mayor of Belene
(i)

Dunafalva, Hungary
(i)

Dunaföldvár, Hungary
(i)

Dunajská Streda, museum
(i)

Dunaszekcső, Hungary
(i)
,
(ii)

Dunaújvános (Pentele), Hungary
(i)

Dürnstein, Austria, castle
(i)

Durrman, Alexander, archaeologist
(i)

eagles
(i)

white-tailed
(i)
,
(ii)

earthquakes

1977:
(i)
,
(ii)

epicentre at Vrancea
(i)

Eastern Europe

migrants from
(i)

post-communist
(i)
,
(ii)

Ecoglasnost movement
(i)

Edirne, Turkey
(i)

Eichmann, Adolf
(i)

Eliade, Mircea, historian
(i)

Eliot, T.S.
(i)

Emma, Queen of Holland
(i)

Engur, Ahmed
(i)

on Ada Kaleh
(i)

Enseler, Volker, long-distance traveller
(i)

Erdut, Treaty of (1995)
(i)

Eselniţa, Romania
(i)
,
(ii)

Esztergom, María Valéria Bridge
(i)

Eugen, Prince of Savoy
(i)
,
(ii)

Europe, Danube's influence on
(i)
,
(ii)

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
(i)

European Commission (1856)
(i)
,
(ii)

European Union

anti-pollution projects
(i)

subsidies for vineyards
(i)

tobacco taxes
(i)

fairies
(i)

falcons, red-footed
(i)

famine, post-war (1947)
(i)

Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor
(i)

ferries across the river
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

cable ferry at Ottensheim
(i)

near Čunovo storage lake
(i)

Ram
(i)

Fetislam, Serbia, Ottoman fortress
(i)

figurines

female
(i)
,
(ii)

miniature clay
(i)

The Thinker and the Goddess (Cernavodă)
(i)
,
(ii)
,
(iii)

First World War
(i)

Hungary
(i)

Fischer, Josef, fish farmer
(i)

fish

salmon
(i)

spawning areas
(i)
,
(ii)

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