Image rights & licensing

Nearly everything you see here is free to reuse. This page is the open register: who holds the rights to each photo, graphic and dataset, and exactly how you may use it.

Credits & licences

The register

Two open licences are in play: CC BY-SA asks for attribution and share-alike, CC BY only for attribution. A few older works are in the public domain.

Own photos & graphics

CC BY-SA 4.0
Rights holder
© Wolfgang Lutz
You may
Share and adapt them, including commercially, with credit („Wolfgang Lutz, CC BY-SA 4.0“), a link to the licence and share-alike for any adaptations.

2003 century-flood photos

CC BY-SA 4.0
Rights holder
© Adolf Josef Ludwig Lutz
In his memory · former mayor of Gräfendorf
Source
From his archive, shown on the water-level page.
You may
Reuse them like the own media above, crediting „Adolf Josef Ludwig Lutz, CC BY-SA 4.0“.

Gauge & measurement data

CC BY 4.0
Source
Bavarian State Office for the Environment (LfU), Bavarian flood information service (HND)
Attribution
„Data source: Bayerisches Landesamt für Umwelt, www.lfu.bayern.de“
You may
Reuse the live level and discharge with attribution, no share-alike required.

Third-party & public-domain

mixed
Historical fish plates
Bloch 1785–1797; rainbow trout after Denton 1896. public domain
Fischgut Seewiese, 1892
From „Die Gartenlaube“ (photographer Hertel). public domain
Roßmühle photo
By presse03. CC BY-SA 3.0
Gemünden guild arms
A third-party emblem, used only to identify the guild.
Old Gemünden town hall
Historical view. public domain
Reuse & requests

How to reuse this

Under CC BY-SA (or CC BY for the gauge data) you can reuse the content straight away, as long as you keep the credit, link to the licence and, for BY-SA, pass adaptations on under the same licence. For any other use, or if you are unsure, just get in touch.

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This is a convenience translation. The German version is authoritative.