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Demands for more efficient computational solutions fulfilling the complex requirements of the flood protection exist. Algorithms developed in the late 20th century on basis of the Reynolds equations are only limited suitable to consider all aspects of flood protection. Within limits of one-dimensional models additional assumptions (e.g. the neglect of local acceleration in relation to the gravitation) were applied, to simulate the typical characteristics of flood events (long periods and large spatial expansion) in times of insufficient computation capacity. However, one dimensional models fail as predictive tool, when flooding beyond river banks is considered. To day two-dimensional models are still too complex and generally not applicable for near real-time mathematical simulations. An alternative solution is presented in this thesis. One- and two-dimensional approaches are combined to an effective flood protection simulation system. 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