Paper short abstract:

The paper analyzes the great Central European flood of 1827 using the example of the Danube, Drava, Sava and Mura rivers, which are recorded in written historical sources in settlements affected by the flood, i.e. recorded by people who experienced the flood or by journalists.

Paper long abstract:

Socio-Economic and Environmental Impacts of the flood in Central Europe in 1827 are analyzed in the paper, using the example of the Danube, Drava, Sava and Mura rivers, which are recorded in written historical sources in settlements affected by the flood, i.e. recorded by people who experienced the flood or by journalists. The flood of 1827 was one of the strongest floods, about which relatively many records have been preserved. As an example of the flood from 1827, which can be observed from the source to the mouth, the example of the river Drava was taken. According to the scheme for classification of historical flood intensity, based on the classification and primary and secondary indicators, flood levels are proposed by numbers 1-3, where 1 is the lowest and 3 the highest. Based on the above, we can suggest that the flood of the Drava in 1827 could be allocated to the highest level of floods - 3.