The tunnel is part of a very beautiful and attractive shortcut through Donauwörth for cyclists and has a very interesting history.
You can also cool down in the tunnel itself. But be careful: it suddenly gets dark when you enter because the tunnel is not lit. At least that was the case in the summer of 2019.
Update summer 2021: There was some light from a few fluorescent tubes, but it's still almost pitch black in there because you were driving through bright daylight beforehand and were pretty blinded by it 🤷‍♀️
The route of the old Ludwigs Süd-Nordbahn ran here from Nördlingen to the old train station and to the Danube.
If you want to know more, you can read and find out a lot here.

fahrplanspiele.wordpress.com/2012/08/09/auf-den-wegen-des-alten-bahn-hofs-in-donauworth-und-seiner-deckenfutterungen

Supposedly ammunition was produced here during WWII and Donauwörth was brutally bombed as a result, but apparently the actual production facility was not damaged, possibly because it was in the tunnel itself.
There is also a lot to be found on the internet about this.

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Nobbe 1966

September 14, 2020

This used to be the passage of the railway tunnel. Now pedestrians and cyclists can cross this long tunnel. You don't see that every day.

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