The Schlögener Schlinge is a loop of the river in the upper Danube valley in Upper Austria, about halfway between Passau and Linz (between river kilometers 2180.5 and 2186.5 of the Danube ) and the largest forced meander in Europe. The southern bank is in the municipality of Haibach ob der Donau and its district Schlögen, which gives the loop its name. In the north, the municipalities of Hofkirchen in Mühlkreis border with the village of Au, and the far east, Niederkappel, and the village of Grafenau border the Danube loop.