5 Sights in Kelheim, Germany (with Map and Images)

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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Kelheim, Germany! Whether you want to discover the city's historical treasures or experience its modern highlights, you'll find everything your heart desires here. Be inspired by our selection and plan your unforgettable adventure in Kelheim. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.

1. Hall of Liberation

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The Befreiungshalle is a neoclassical monument on the Michelsberg hill above the town of Kelheim in Bavaria, Germany. It stands upstream of Regensburg on the river Danube at the confluence of the Danube and the Altmühl, i.e. the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal. It is just downstream of the Danube Gorge, towering above its lower end. It was commissioned by King Ludwig I of Bavaria to commemorate the victory over Napoleon in the Befreiungskriege of 1813–1815.

Wikipedia: Befreiungshalle (EN), Website

2. Klosterkirche St. Georg

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The Roman Catholic Church of St. George of the Benedictine monastery of Weltenburg stands at the entrance to the Danube Gorge and belongs to the town of Kelheim in Bavaria. It can be reached via a cul-de-sac from the Kelheim district of Weltenburg or by passenger boat from Kelheim.

Wikipedia: Klosterkirche Weltenburg (DE)

3. Tropfsteinhöhle Schulerloch

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The Kleines Schulerloch inscription is the runic inscription of debated authenticity discovered in the Kleines Schulerloch cave that was found in 1937, Altmühl valley was not noticed until the 1950s. It readsbirg : leub : selbrade,

Wikipedia: Kleines Schulerloch inscription (EN)

4. Mariä Himmelfahrt

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Mariä Himmelfahrt luckyprof / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Roman Catholic parish church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in the Lower Bavarian town of Kelheim is a church building of the Diocese of Regensburg, which was built in the Gothic style in the course of the 15th century and partly redesigned in the neo-Gothic style in the 19th century.

Wikipedia: Mariä Himmelfahrt (Kelheim) (DE)

5. Donaudurchbruch

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The Danube Gorge near 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.

Wikipedia: Danube Gorge (Weltenburg) (EN)

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