Nera (Danube) Nera (Danube) The Nera (, or Нера, ) is a river running through Romania and Serbia. It is a left tributary of the Danube, which it joins near Banatska Palanka. The Nera rises in the Semenic mountains, the easternmost part of the Banat region, south of the city of Reșița, in the Caraș-Severin County of Romania. The river starts at the confluence of headwaters of the Nergana and Nerganița then flows straight to the south from the Piatra Grozbe peak, under which it springs. Reaching the village of Borlovenii Vechi, the Nera turns southwest, flowing between the Semenic and Banat
Lech (river) the Lech valley from Neuschwanstein Castle, near Füssen. Inscriptions from 8/7 B. C. prove that the river name is first mentioned in the Celtic tribe name "Licates". The river itself is called "Likios" or "Likias" in the 2nd century. Around the year 570 the name "Licca" is found in records. In the 8th century, names such as "Lecha" and "Lech" appeared. The term "Licus" is still used in 1059. The name stands in analogy to the Welsh word "llech" ("stone slab") and the Breton word "lec'h" ("gravestone"). In this context, the meaning of the word "Lech" is explained as "the