Mattinger slopes

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The Mattinger slopes are an extensive 55 hectare nature reserve in Bavaria , in the area of ​​the northernmost point of the Danube , immediately adjacent to the northern bank of the river, where the Danube near Regensburg , before the confluence of the Naab , the direction of flow from changes northeast in southeast direction.

The Mattinger slopes form the bulging slope of the river, which is well worth seeing with a kilometer-long series of twenty to 50 meter high Jura rocks and an abundance of protected plants and small animals (600 species of butterflies have been sighted), while the opposite bank of the river, with the Pentlinger district Matting, is flat. The rocks represent an extreme location that is populated by rare plants that need light and at the same time drought-bearing plants such as the pimpernut . The forest areas include mushroom- rich orchids - beech forests , oak - linden forests and pine forests.

The Mattinger slopes have been a protected area since 1941, although the railway line from Regensburg to Ingolstadt runs right along it. The nature reserve begins east of the district town of Kelheim , which belongs to Lower Bavaria , where the district Lohstadt meets the municipality of Sinzing , which belongs to the district of Regensburg .

The area is not very well developed for tourism, on the south bank of the Danube, directly opposite the Mattinger slopes between Oberndorf and Pentling-Unterirading, an asphalt cycle path extends as part of the Danube cycle path .

The area of ​​the Mattinger slopes is comparable with the ensemble of Beuron rocks on the upper Danube between Tuttlingen and Sigmaringen .

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Coordinates: 48 ° 58 ′ 6.5 ″  N , 12 ° 0 ′ 14.4 ″  E