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The Top 8 Gorges around Landkreis Passau

Gorges are incredibly beautiful places, and you’ve got 8

to choose from around Landkreis Passau. Just browse our list of the best gorges below and see photos, tips and extra info to help you visit one of these beautiful places on your next adventure around Landkreis Passau.

Last updated: October 26, 2025

Erlau Valley and Historic Stone Bridge

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Perfect bike ride along the Erlau. Nice valley.

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Vornbacher Enge geotopes

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The Vornbacher Enge is interpreted as a Pleistocene breakthrough valley. At the boundary between young loose rocks and crystalline basement rock, the valley of the Inn narrows noticeably. In the …

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Canopus Grotto, Freudenhain Palace Park

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In the heart of the plant, a few meters from the stream, the "Grotto of Canopus", an Egyptian cave, has been preserved. Even if the statues of those days are …

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Donauleiten Nature Reserve (Passau to Jochenstein)

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From Passau to Jochenstein: The Donauleiten are a nature reserve due to their unique flora and fauna as well as the outstanding beauty and uniqueness of the Danube valley.

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Marian Grotto on the Wolfsteiner Ohe

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From here you can see the confluence of the Wolfsteiner Ohe in the Ilz

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Erlautal Valley

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As in the Kellberger Runde, the route goes directly up to Kapfham, left through this village, down into the Erlautal, then upstream along the Erlau through gorges to the rest area

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Rock face at the Donauleite near Obernzell (geotope)

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East of Passau, the Danube has cut deep into the crystalline subsoil. The Bavarian north bank is accompanied by the 200 to 300 m high steep slopes of the Donauleite. …

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Kleines Kößlbachtal

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It is definitely worth visiting the Kleine Kößlbachtal... A wonderful, quiet, relaxing hike lies behind me

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The Top 8 Gorges around Landkreis Passau

Erlau Valley and Historic Stone Bridge

Vornbacher Enge geotopes

Canopus Grotto, Freudenhain Palace Park

Donauleiten Nature Reserve (Passau to Jochenstein)

Marian Grotto on the Wolfsteiner Ohe

Erlautal Valley

Rock face at the Donauleite near Obernzell (geotope)

Kleines Kößlbachtal

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