''SOKO Donau'' (in Germany ''SOKO Wien'') is an Austrian crime drama television series produced by ORF in collaboration with the German network

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. It is the sixth spin-off of the German crime series '' SOKO 5113'' (''SOKO München'' since 2015), launched in 1978. The show, which debuted on 20 September 2005 in Austria and 18 October 2005 in Germany, focuses on a

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police team responsible for investigating crimes committed on the

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(German: Donau) river and its tributaries. The boat team operates in and around Vienna as well as

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and

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, sometimes travelling all the way to

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Crossover

A crossover episode with '' Leipzig Homicide'', titled "Der vierte Mann", was broadcast on ORF on 2 November 2019 and ZDF on 8 November 2019. The screenplay was based on a true story related to the Viennese political activist Rudolfine Steindling.

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Crossover

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