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Town in Bavaria, Germany
Photo: Steffen Zahn from Berlin, Germany, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Deggendorf is a town in Lower Bavaria, lying on the river Danube and on the edge of the Bavarian Forest National Park.
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Bavarian cuisine
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An herbal schnapps distillery.
By train
Plattling station is a major hub for the region. It is on the ICEs Frankfurt - Vienna line between Regensburg and Passau and on the region line via Landshut from Munich.
By car
Deggendorf is on the intersection of the A3 (Wesel - Cologne - Frankfurt - Passau) and the A92 (Landshut - Munich) autobahns.
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By boat
A few Danube cruise ships stop at the town (although many just pass by). There is also a commercial harbour. There are no ferry transport services.
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