Danube Gorge/ Weltenburg Narrows (Weltenburger Enge) | |
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IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area) | |
Location | Kelheim, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany |
Coordinates | 48°54′01″N 11°49′49″E / 48.900278°N 11.830278°E |
Area | 5.6 |
Designation | NSG200.002 (NSG-00089.01) |
Established | 11 May 1970 |
The Danube Gorge near Weltenburg (German: Donaudurchbruch bei Weltenburg) is a narrow section of the Danube Valley in the Lower Bavarian county of Kelheim, which has been recognised as a nature reserve and geotope. This section of the valley in the southern Franconian Jura is officially called the Weltenburg Narrows (Weltenburger Enge).