Kelheim

Worth seeing in and around Kelheim

5 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Q174307

   Essing is a municipality in the district of Kelheim in Bavaria in Germany. It lies on the river Altmühl.

   5.9 km · market municipality in south east Germany · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Weltenburg Abbey

   Weltenburg Abbey is a Benedictine monastery in Weltenburg near Kelheim on the Danube in Bavaria, Germany.

   3.9 km · abbey · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Befreiungshalle

   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.

   500 m · architectural heritage monument in Kelheim, Bavaria, Germany · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Michelsberg

   Michelsberg is a hill in the town of Kelheim, Bavaria, Germany.

   500 m · mountain in Kelheim, Germany · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Schulerloch

   The Kleines Schulerloch inscription is a runic inscription of debated authenticity discovered in 1937 in the Kleines Schulerloch cave in the Altmühl valley. It was brought to the attention of scholarship in 1952.

   3.8 km · Cave in Germany · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Kloster Weltenburg

   The monastery, founded by Irish or Scottish monks in about 620, is considered to be the oldest monastery in Bavaria.

2. 02
   St. George Church. baroque-style. While
3. 03
   Befreiungshalle

   A Neoclassical monument on the Michelsberg hill commemorating the victory in the Napoleonic Wars which Bavaria largely achieved by astutely changing sides at the exact right moment.

4. 04
   Stadtpfarrkirche Mariä Himmelfahrt
5. 05
   Archeological
6. 06
   Danube Gorge

From Wikivoyage: Kelheim, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Things to do

Cruise. through the beautiful Danube Gorge "Weltenburg Narrows" on the way to or from Kelheim. Alternatively, cruise upwards from Kelheim to the Monastery and afterwards cross the river and walk your way back...the hike is by no means strenuous for most healthy people, saves a bit of cash, and allows you to see the scenery truly at your leisure. Sit in the monastery pub and have a dunkel beer or two.

From Wikivoyage: Kelheim, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Where to eat

The pub in the abbey serves not only beer, but also Bavarian cuisine.

From Wikivoyage: Kelheim, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Getting to Kelheim

Airports

Munich (MUC), 63 km · Nuremberg (NUE), 86 km · Salzburg (SZG), 151 km

• Munich → Kelheim

  90 km · quickest by road, 1h 52m · €11–15
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• Nuremberg → Kelheim

  84 km · quickest by road, 2h · €11–15
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• Memmingen → Kelheim

  164 km · quickest by road, 2h 51m · €22–31
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