The Regen (; ) is a

river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of ...

Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total l ...

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, and a left tributary of the

Danube The Danube ( ; ) is a river that was once a long-standing frontier of the Roman Empire and today connects 10 European countries, running through their territories or being a border. Originating in Germany, the Danube flows southeast for , pa ...

, at

Regensburg Regensburg or is a city in eastern Bavaria, at the confluence of the Danube, Naab and Regen rivers. It is capital of the Upper Palatinate subregion of the state in the south of Germany. With more than 150,000 inhabitants, Regensburg is the ...

, Germany. The source of its main headstream, the Great Regen (''Großer Regen''), is in the

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on the territory of the

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, near Železná Ruda. The river crosses the border after a few kilometres, at

Bayerisch Eisenstein Bayerisch Eisenstein, until 1951 just Eisenstein ( cs, Bavorská Železná Ruda) is a village and a municipality in the Regen district, in Bavaria, Germany. Geography Bayerisch Eisenstein is part of Bayerischer Wald and borders the first Germa ...

. The name in German evolved from the name in Latin, but its meaning is unknown. The Romans called the river variously ''Regana'' (feminine gender), ''Reganus'' (masculine), and Reganum (neuter). At

Zwiesel Zwiesel ( cs, Svízel) is a town in the lower-Bavarian district of Regen, and since 1972 is a Luftkurort with particularly good air. The name of the town was derived from the Bavarian word stem "zwisl" which refers to the form of a fork. The fo ...

, the Great Regen is joined by the Little Regen (''Kleiner Regen'') to form the Black Regen (''Schwarzer Regen''). The Black Regen flows through Regen and

Viechtach Viechtach is a town in the district of Regen in Bavaria in Germany. It is situated on the river Schwarzer Regen, 31 km northeast of Straubing Straubing () is an independent city in Lower Bavaria, southern Germany. It is seat of the dist ...

, and is joined by the White Regen (''Weißer Regen'') in

Bad Kötzting Bad Kötzting (; before 2005: Kötzting; Northern Bavarian: ''Bad Ketzing'') is a town in the district of Cham, in Bavaria, Germany, near the Czech border. It is situated in the Bavarian Forest, southeast of Cham. Overview Bad Kötzting has the ...

. Beyond this confluence, the river is called Regen. The river's total length, including its headstreams, the Great Regen and Black Regen, is . The Little Regen crosses the

Frauenau Reservoir Frauenau is a municipality in the district of Regen, in Bavaria, Germany. It is known for its artificial lake, which is used as a water supply of the area around Deggendorf and Passau Passau (; bar, label=Central Bavarian, Båssa) is a ci ...

. The Regen Valley forms the main valley crossing the

Bavarian Forest The village of Zell in the Bavarian Forest The Bavarian Forest (German: ' or ''Bayerwald''; bar, Boarischa Woid) is a wooded, low-mountain region in Bavaria, Germany that is about 100 kilometres long. It runs along the Czech border and is co ...

; many settlements within the mountains are located along the river. Cities along the Regen river include Cham and Regensburg.

Sources

* Franz Bogner: ''Der Regen. Ein Luftbildporträt vom Arber bis Regensburg''. Pustet, Regensburg 2007, (Bildband). * Bärbel Kleindorfer-Marx (Hrsg.): ''Der Regen. Kultur und Natur am Fluss''. Buch & Kunstverlag Oberpfalz, Amberg 1996, .

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Regen (River) Rivers of Bavaria Bavarian Forest Federal waterways in Germany Bohemian Forest Rivers of Germany

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