Passau

Also known as Dreiflüssestadt

thumb|upright=1.4|Aerial image of Passau showing the old town and the confluence of the rivers Inn, Danube, and Ilz (from left to right) Passau (; ) is a city in the Lower Bavaria (Niederbayern) region of the German state of Bavaria. It is also known as the '''''' ("City of Three Rivers"), as the river Danube is joined by the Inn from the south and the Ilz from the north.

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Passau is a city in Lower Bavaria, Germany, known as the "City of Three Rivers" because it sits at the confluence where the Danube River meets both the Inn River from the south and the Ilz River from the north. The city's distinctive location at this three-river junction makes it a notable geographic landmark in the Bavarian region.

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German location.image_photo: File:PassauCollection2025.jpg
German location.image_caption: Clockwise from top: Stadtgalerie; St. Stephen's Cathedral; Heiligkreuz Church; Old Town Hall; Römermuseum; Veste Oberhaus; Old Town; View of Passau
German location.type: Stadt
German location.image_flag: Flagge Passau.svg
German location.image_coa: Wappen Passau.svg
German location.state: Bayern
German location.region: Niederbayern
German location.district: Kreisfreie Stadt
German location.elevation: 294-447
German location.area: 69.56
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel: 09262000
German location.postal_code

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History
Subdivisions
Main sights
Image gallery
Migrant entry point
Transport
Twin towns – sister cities
Notable people
Climate
See also
References
Further reading
External links

Passau's population is about 50,000, of whom about 12,000 are students at the University of Passau, renowned in Germany for its institutes of economics, law, theology, computer science and cultural studies.