This beautiful
river [photo credit : the guardian] classified as an international waterway, originates in the town of Donaueschingen—which
is in the Black Forest of Germany—at the confluence of the rivers Brigach and
Breg. It then flows southeast for 1,914
km (1,189 mi), passing through four capital cities before emptying into the
Black Sea via the Danube Delta in Romania and Ukraine.
It is the river ‘Danube’
- Europe's second-longest river, after
the Volga River, and also the longest river in the European Union region. The Danube was once a long-standing frontier
of the Roman Empire, and today flows through 10 countries. Originating in
Germany, the Danube flows southeast for 2,860 km (1,780 mi), passing through or
touching the border of Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria,
Moldova and Ukraine before emptying into the Black Sea. Its drainage basin
extends into nine more countries. The Latin name Dānuvius is one of a number of
"Old European" river names derived from a Proto-Indo-European *dānu. In Rig
Vedic Sanskrit, dānu means "fluid, drop", in Avestan, the same word
means "river". In the Rigveda,
Dānu appears as the mother of Vrtra. The
Latin name is masculine (as is the name of the Rhine).
Mystified police in
Austria are trying to find out how more than €100,000 Rs.72.46 lakhs approx) in
€100 and €500 notes came floating down
in an arm of the river Danube.
Investigations have
so far found no criminal activity in the area in which such a sum had been
lost, a spokesman for Vienna police said. One young man who spotted the
treasure on Saturday jumped into the river to retrieve it, Oesterreich
newspaper said. Bystanders, thinking he
was attempting to kill himself, alerted police, who arrived just as he was
retrieving the money, of which is now trying to claim a share.
“The boy said he
wanted to bring it to the police, but the question is whether the police found it
or the boy,” the police spokesman said. In Austria, anyone who finds cash and
brings it to the police can claim 5%-10% of the sum as finder’s fee and has the right to receive the whole amount
if its rightful owner cannot be identified within a year.
With regards – S.
Sampathkumar
8th Dec 2015.
