List of show caves in Germany

The list of show caves in Germany contains all Show caves in Germany, which are performed as a show cave at the Association of German caves and karst researchers. Under a show cave is defined as a natural, underground cavity which extended to visitors, is usually equipped on paths and stairs accessible and with lights. Show caves are chargeable and have controlled opening times, mostly with regular tours of 30 to 45 minutes in duration. They are electrically lighted up to two. Only in the Easter Cave and in the Schellenberger Ice Cave flashlights, or carbide lamps are used. The Olga cave has received 1884 as the first German show cave with electric lighting and is thus second in the world, only the Kraus cave in Styria in 1883 was illuminated by electric light. The turnout of show caves per year is around two million, the Atta cave with about 150,000 to 200,000, and the Devil's Cave at Pott stone with 148,400 visitors are the most visited.

In Germany there are 50 show caves: The oldest operating with guide is the Baumannshöhle in Rübeland who already visited Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. There, in 1646 organized cave guides have already been carried out in the year. As the last autumn maze was opened as a show cave in 2009. In more than half of the show caves are caves. The Wimsener cave is passable as the only show cave in Germany with the barge on a length of 70 meters. The Goetz Cave is the only approved to visitors German divide and column cave and the largest walk in Europe. The Laichinger deep cave is the only cave open to visitors shaft in Germany which, with a depth of 55 meters below the entrance also the lowest point in a German show cave is reached. The Schellenberger Ice Cave is the only ice cave developed in Germany dar. When Barbarossahöhle in Anhydritgestein dissolved gypsum layers hang like wallpaper from walls and ceilings.

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  • Name of the show cave: Lists the name of the show cave.
  • Location: Specifies the location of the show cave.
  • Country: Denotes the state in which the show cave located.

BR BE BW BY HE

Brandenburg Berlin Baden-Wurttemberg Bavaria Hesse

MV NI NW RP SH

Mecklenburg -Western Pomerania Lower Saxony North Rhine -Westphalia Rhineland -Palatinate Schleswig-Holstein

SL SN ST TH

Saarland Saxony Saxony-Anhalt Thuringia

  • Location: Name the coordinates of the show cave.
  • Geological Classification: Name the geological classification. This can be a karst cave, Tufa cave, or else.
  • Type: This indicates the type of the cave. This can be a stalactite cave, cave, gypsum cave, or else.
  • Length (m): Reports the overall length of the show cave in meters, including all secondary courses.
  • FW ( m): Reports the overall length of the guide path in meters, with possibly twice distances covered are not considered. However, be taken into consideration existing artificially created access tunnel, but do not count to the overall length of the show cave. This may be the guide path longer than the total length of the show cave.
  • NHN: Reports the amount of input over mean sea level.
  • Discovery: This indicates the time of the discovery of a show cave. Some show caves of the population were already known much longer, since they partly have a natural access. In this the year of the first written mention is specified in brackets.
  • Show cave: This indicates the beginning of the show cave operation. Later safety deficiencies, warlike events, financial problems, or change of ownership may have led to longer interruptions of the show cave operation.
  • Electric light: Denotes the year in which an electric lighting was installed for the first time.
  • Visitors ( year): Reports the number of visitors from last year. In parenthesis is the year of the survey the number of visitors. Some show caves announce any concrete numbers of visitors. There average number of visitors in recent years are called.

Show Caves

Controversial show caves

Some caves are partly performed in the literature as a show cave, although none are in the proper sense. So the fairy grottoes and the Schlossberg caves are not natural cavities Zwiesel villages stalactite cave and the cave Balver have no regular management operation.

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Entrance to the Schellenberger Ice Cave

Entrance to the cave Wimsener

Syrauer Dragon Cave

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