a town of Bavaria, circle of Lower Bavaria, stands at the confluence of the Danube and the Inn, 91 miles E.N.E. of Munich. Its position at the junction of these broad streams, and shut in by lofty and steep mountains, is extremely grand and picturesque, although the buildings are for the most part not good. Passau proper stands between the right bank of the Danube and the left of the Inn, but it has several suburbs beyond: Innstadt, on the right bank of the Inn; Anger and Ilststadt, on the left of the Danube,—the former above and the latter below the Iz, which here joins that river from the north, opposite to the Inn. The Inn and the Danube are crossed here by wooden bridges; that over the latter resting on seven granite piers. The town and its suburbs are defended by citadels and fortifications, the strongest of which is the castle of Oberhause, on the left bank of the Iz. Passau is in fact one of the most important strongholds on the Danube. Among the public buildings in the town, one of the most remarkable is the cathedral of St Stephen, an edifice originally built in the Gothic style, but which having been, with the exception of the choir, entirely destroyed by fire, was rebuilt in the Italian style. It contains many interesting monuments. In the Cathedral Square (Domplatz), which is the finest in Passau, stands a large bronze statue of King Maximilian Joseph. Besides the cathedral, there are in the town seven churches, some of which are fine buildings. The royal palace, formerly the residence of the bishops, and the post-office, in which the treaty of Passau was signed in 1552, are also worthy of notice. The town contains a public library, theatre, town- hall, several schools and hospitals, an infirmary, and a lunatic asylum. The principal manufactures of the place are iron, copper, porcelain, pottery, tobacco, beer, leather, and paper. An active trade is carried on, both up and down the Danube. Passau is the capital of a bishopric which was formerly an independent state, but was secularized in 1803, and incorporated with Bavaria in 1809. The most important historical event that took place here was the treaty of 1562 between Maurice of Saxony and Ferdinand, King of the Romans, on behalf of Charles V., by which the religious freedom of the Protestants was secured. Pop. 12,000.