Danube Gorge (Weltenburg)

Danube Gorge/
Weltenburg Narrows
(Weltenburger Enge)
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
The Weltenburg Narrows near Weltenburg Abbey
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LocationKelheim, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany
Coordinates48°54′01″N 11°49′49″E / 48.900278°N 11.830278°E / 48.900278; 11.830278
Area5.6
DesignationNSG200.002 (NSG-00089.01)
Established11 May 1970
Aerial image of the Danube Gorge near Weltenburg. The Weltenburg Abbey can be seen in the bottom right corner of the image

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).