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Source of the Danube
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<p>The <a href="/facts/Danube/8lMeM9xg">Danube</a> is conventionally taken to be formed by the confluence of the two streams <a href="/facts/Brigach/LMIGjsh8">Brigach</a> and <a href="/facts/Breg_(river)/gKWerhCA">Breg</a> just east of <a href="/facts/Donaueschingen/vw1uIbPF">Donaueschingen</a>. The source of the <a href="/facts/Donaubach/S12dCHdQ">Donaubach</a>, which flows into the Danube, in the park of <a href="/facts/Donaueschingen_Palace/SRbgPWrl">Donaueschingen Palace</a> is often referred to as the source of the Danube (<i>Donauquelle</i>). Hydrologically, the source of the Danube is the source of the Breg as the larger of the two formative streams (with its spring at a higher altitude and - at the confluence - not only being 5 km longer but also having a higher amount of water discharge) which rises near <a href="/facts/Furtwangen_im_Schwarzwald/DBL7vqBI">Furtwangen</a>. </p><p>There was an active rivalry between the municipalities of Furtwangen and Donaueschingen for the claim of being home to the "official" source of the Danube since the 1950s, sometimes with the involvement of the government of the state of <a href="/facts/Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg/6MjmVxjI">Baden-Württemberg</a>. Thus, in 1981 the state government granted Donaueschingen the request that the source in Furtwangen should no longer be labelled <i>Donauquelle</i> in official maps. </p>