Danube Gorge (Weltenburg)

Danube Gorge/
Weltenburg Narrows
(Weltenburger Enge)
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
The Weltenburg Narrows near Weltenburg Abbey
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

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).