..just revisiting this due to the strange coincidence.
As per the OP, Kelheim had been our abandoned destination then, so this year on our way back we tried again, with rather more success.
...but..
Yesterday we returned from a very enjoyable walk above and along the Donau, to find the Stellplatz (just on the edge of the Altstadt) had a helicopter hovering above it. Looked like Polizei, and it was shortly joined by another that obviously was.
We'd decided to eat at the Biergarten at the local (Schneider Weisse) Brauerei, so with the helicopters still hovering (and suspecting another RTA) we set off, only to get 100m or so before being very forcefully ordered back by a heavily-armed bemasked Polizei. Blue flashing lights all around, and all roads blocked off, but we managed to get into town along the river bank. Here, there were more armed police (not side-arms) than I've ever seen in one place before! They shuffled everyone out of the place,and as we headed off to the Biergarten the SEK arrived, even more heavily armed and bemasked.
The Brauerei seemed to be (just) outside the cordon, so, being hungry we continued to plan, and eventually the noise subsided with first one, and then the second helicopter departing.
Apparently someone had been spotted on the road adjacent to the Stellplatz brandishing a heavy weapon, and an arrest had finally been made. The road lockdown, however, continued well into the night.
Interesting and odd experience!
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