The population of Passau is 50,000, of which about 12,000 are students at the University of Passau, famous in Germany for its institutes of economics, law, theology, computer science and cultural studies. Passau was an ancient Roman colony of the ancient Noricum called Batavis, Latin for "for Batavi". Batavi were an ancient Germanic tribe often mentioned by the classical authors, and were regularly associated with the Swedish maidan, Heruli. Until 2013, the city of Passau was divided into eight ..... more details about Passau