Status: 18.11.2023, 19:11 PM
By: Ute Laukner
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Melting snow, huge amounts of rain and rising river levels: floods not only cause great damage in Bavaria. They also claim human lives.
1 / 27July 1954: Several fire brigades stand on the banks of the Danube during the flood of the century in the three-river city of Passau in Bavaria. According to the Deggendorf Water Management Office, the Danube (Maxbrücke gauge, today Schanzlbrücke) rose to 4.7 metres due to prolonged rain from 12 to 20 July. As a result, around 150,000 hectares of land were flooded, of which 57,888 were in Lower Bavaria, 51,286 in Upper Bavaria and 38,535 in the Upper Palatinate. (Archive) © dpa
2 / 2722.05.1999: Some of the residents of the flooded Werdenfelser Land near Eschenlohe in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen were evacuated by Bundeswehr helicopters. During the night, up to 173 litres of rain per square metre had fallen and had led to catastrophic situations in Upper Bavaria and the Allgäu. © Stephan Jansen/dpa
3 / 2723.05.1999 The archive picture shows cars washed away by the Whitsun flood in a residential street in Augsburg. Heavy rains continued in the Northern Alps from 20 to 22 May. Already in the first half of May there was heavy rainfall and the water from the snowmelt collected, which had already saturated the soil. In western Upper Bavaria, new record monthly precipitation values were measured. © Jan Nienheysen/dpa
4 / 2722.05.1999: During the Whitsun flood, a huge "lake landscape" stretches along the completely flooded Bundesstraße 2 south of Murnau in the direction of Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria. Due to the melting snow, the water levels of the rivers were already high when the heavy rain began. Even small streams overflowed, as the Bavarian State Office for Water Management explains, among other things, the critical situation at the time. © Stephan Jansen/dpa
5 / 2722.05.1999: Swept away by the floods of the Whitsun flood, a vehicle hangs as flotsam in a fence in Eschenlohe near Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria. In large areas of southern Bavaria, floods and even dam failures occurred, causing great damage and endangering people. With its heavy rainfall, low pressure "Quartos" collided with the snowmelt that had already begun and the rivers could no longer cope with the converging water volumes. © Stephan Jansen/dpa
6 / 2713.08.2002 The view from the helicopter shows the flooded city of three rivers (Danube, Inn and Ilz) Passau. The water level of the Danube was already 10.78 meters in the midday hours. © Matthias Schrader/dpa
7 / 2723.08.2005: A truck is parked on a flooded road near the Upper Bavarian village of Eschenlohe. In the flooded areas in southern Bavaria, the situation worsened further on Tuesday morning. A disaster alert was sounded in the Garmisch area after persistent rainfall. According to the Bavarian State Office for the Environment, as a result of the extreme precipitation of over 200 litres per square metre in some places, the August flood in the catchment areas of the Iller, Lech, Loisach and Isar even exceeded the Whitsun flood in 1999. The outflows reached up to over 500-year events. © Peter Kneffel/dpa
8 / 2723.08.2005: Flood in the Upper Bavarian village of Eschenlohe. The municipal area was largely evacuated. In the flooded areas in southern Bavaria, the situation had worsened after persistent rainfall. A disaster alarm was sounded in the Garmisch area. © Peter Kneffel/dpa
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9 / 2723.08.2005: The flooding of the Isar in Bad Tölz, Bavaria, was caused by high precipitation. Flooding was the result. The river basins of the Iller, Lech, Mindel, Zusam, Schmutter, Isar, Loisach, Mangfall and Inn rivers were affected. With more than 200 litres per square metre, this flood of the Iller, Lech, Loisach and Isar even exceeded the Whitsun flood of 1999. The runoff reached up to over 500-year events, according to the Bavarian State Office for the Environment. © Wolfilser/Imago
10 / 2723.08.2005: Flood on the Isar in Bad Tölz. The capital of the Upper Bavarian district of Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen is located about 50 kilometers south of Munich. August 2005 saw exceptionally high rainfall and extreme flood runoff. As a result, flooding occurred over a large area. © Wolfilser/Imago
11 / 2729.03.2006: The flooding of the Danube in Passau, Bavaria, was attributed to heavy rain and thaw. © Imago
12 / 2727.02.2010: The Franconian Saale is flooded. As a result, the park in Luitpoldpark in Bad Kissingen is deep in dirty water. The casino can be seen in the background. © Imago
13 / 2703.06.2010: The Inn and the Danube have burst their banks due to heavy rain in Passau, Lower Bavaria. Roads were flooded, trees collapsed, and there were even landslides. In parts of southern and eastern Bavaria there were floods and traffic problems. © Armin Weigel/dpa
14 / 2703.06.2010: Due to the persistent rain in the east of Bavaria, a flood warning was issued for the Danube in Regensburg on Saturday. The water level continued to rise over the course of Sunday. © Imago
15 / 2702.06.2013: Flooding by the Iller in Kempten (Bavaria). Heavy continuous rain on the edge of the Alps caused the flood situation on the Danube tributaries to worsen further. © Stefan Puchner/dpa
16 / 2703.06.2013: The town of Mittich am Inn, in the district of Passau, was flooded during the flood of the century in June 2013 in Bavaria. © Imago
17 / 2720.06.2013: During the flood of the century in June 201 Chiemsee, Kirchdorf-Simbach, in Bavaria, there was a high barrage at the hydroelectric power plant due to a very large amount of driftwood dammed up. © Imago
18 / 2720.06.2013: The flood of the century caused flooding of the Feldwieser Bay at Lake Chiemsee in Bavaria. © Imago
19 / 2720.06.2013: Flooded harbour in Passau, Bavaria, on the Danube during the flood of the century in June 2013. ©
20 / 2721.06.2013: Cows save themselves on a small island in the floods near Feldwies am Chiemsee during the flood of the century in June 2013, in Bavaria. © A. Hartl/Imago
21 / 2701.06.2016: The flood disaster in Simbach am Inn in Bavaria caused a lot of damage and clean-up work. © Thomas Einberger/Imago
22 / 2701.06.2016: Flood disaster in Simbach am Inn. From 27 May to 26 June, according to the Bavarian State Office for the Environment, intensive, locally limited precipitation events, such as heavy rain and flash floods, occurred throughout Bavaria. In Swabia and Upper Bavaria, the water volumes reached over 300 mm. © Thomas Einberger/Imago
23 / 2701.06.2016: A helicopter rescues people from a completely flooded region in Simbach am Inn, Bavaria. The floods have even claimed lives in the Lower Bavarian district of Rottal-Inn. The low pressure system "Friedericke" over the Czech Republic, as the Bavarian State Office for the Environment explains in its follow-up report on the events at that time, brought warm and humid air masses to southeastern Bavaria. Shower and thunderstorm cells formed. The continuous precipitation was 111 mm in 6 hours. The never-ending rainy weather increased the amount of rain even more and caused this flood disaster in this "actual" summer month. © Wolfram Zummach/dpa
24 / 2722.05.2019: In the case of the flood in Dirlewang near Mindelheim (Unterallgäu), effective flood protection shows how the specially built retention basin is full of water and protects the village. © Bernd Feil/Imago
25 / 2721.05.2019: Floods in Bavaria. Due to the heavy rainfall and the melting of the snow, the levels of various rivers rose sharply. There were flooded railway tracks through the Loisach between Eschenlohe and Oberau. © Falk Heller/Imago
26 / 2702.02.2021: In Würzburg in Bavaria, the Main has burst its banks: The Main level rises due to thaw and rain, causing flooding. © Heiko Becker/Imago
27 / 2714.03.2023: In Bavaria, the road between Gleusdorf (municipality of Untermerzbach, district of Haßberge, Lower Franconia) and Busendorf (municipality of Rattelsdorf, district of Bamberg, Upper Franconia) was flooded by heavy rain. © Pia Bayer/dpa