Danubian Europe

The term Danubian Europe is used in many disciplines to describe the nations, cultures, societies, the geography, politics, etc... of all the area directly or indirectly connected to the hydrographic basin of the river Danube.
The river Danube goes through Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova and Ukraine.
History
In European History is used the expression Danubian Principalities to speak about different State institutions established in the 14th century in the area (often under Hungarian leadership): Serbia, Moldova and Wallachia.
Cultural History
In Vienna there was in the 15th century a literary academy called Sodalitas litteraria Danubiana, established in 1497 by Konrad Celtis Celtes and other Humanists.
Politics
Since the 18th century many times Danubian polititians and thinkers have dreamed about a Danubian Confederation (Confaederatio Danubiana), capable of unifying the different political unities of the region.
Among the most convinced promoters of the Danubianist ideas we can mantion Miklós Wesselényi, István Széchenyi and Lajos Kossuth (at least in his last period of life).
Archeology
In Archeology has been use the expression Danubian culture to describe the first agrarian society in central and eastern Europe (Neolithic). It covers the Linear Pottery culture (Linearbandkeramik, LBK), stroked pottery and Rössen cultures.
The term was coined by the Australian archaeologist Vere Gordon Childe.
Art History
In Art History is used the expression Danubian School (in German donauschule) to define a group of artists active between Germany and Hungary (like Albrecht Altdorfer, Lucas Cranach the elder, Wolfgang Wolf Huber) in the Renaissance.
Linguistics
In Linguistics we can find the expressions like Danubian Latin, Danubian Bulgarian.
The expression Danubian Latin (or Oriental Latin) is used to describe the Latin language spoken in Danubian Europe and from which developed modern Romanian language.
The term Danubian Bulgarian has been used to descrive the language of a Turkic-speaking people who crossed the Danube into what is now Bulgaria in AD 679. This language is since the 9th century c. extint and it is known only from a few odd words (see Bulgarian language).
Football
Also in the sport, and especially in Soccer, has been used the expression Danubian school to describe a way of playing that for awhile since the 20's of the 20. century was common to the teams of Hungary, Austria, Czechoslovakia and (after the 30's) in Italy (see the "Metodo" of Vittorio Pozzo).

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