Schlögener Schlinge#

Schloegen Oxbow, Upper Austria, 2 U-turns of the River Danube between Wesenufer and Obermuehl an der Donau; named after the village of Schloegen (288 m, remains of a small Roman fort, evidence of Roman port) on the right bank of the River Danube; popular destination for day-trips. In the Schloegen Oxbow the course of the river changes in two U-turns from south-east to north-west/north. Haichenbach ruins and the small castle Kerschbaumer Schloessl are located at the first turn. Haibach ob der Donau (alt. 528 m) lies at the Schloegen Oxbow on the right bank of the River Danube, Obermuehl an der Donau (alt. 284 m), Untermuehl (alt. 288 m) and Oberlandshaag (alt. 275 m) on the left bank.

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