Altmühltal

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Altmühltal is a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft (federation of municipalities) in the district of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen and Eichstätt in Bavaria in Germany. It consists of the following municipalities:

Rhine–Main–Danube Canal[]

The final section to be built of the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal (which enables barges to navigate from the North Sea to the Black Sea) runs between Nuremberg and Kelheim. This issue became politically controversial in the 1970s and 1980s, mainly because of the 34-kilometre (21 mi) long section through the Altmühl valley.


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Coordinates: 49°02′00″N 10°49′00″E / 49.03333°N 10.81667°E / 49.03333; 10.81667


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