Altensteiner Höhle
The Altensteiner Höhle beneath the Altensteiner Park in Schweina is considered the longest cave in Thuringia and was developed into the oldest show cave in Thuringia by spring 1802.
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Altensteiner Höhle
The Altensteiner Höhle beneath the Altensteiner Park in Schweina is considered the longest cave in Thuringia and was developed into the oldest show cave in Thuringia by spring 1802.
Bad Liebenstein
Length: 1960 m
Updated record
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The Altensteiner Höhle beneath the Altensteiner Park in Schweina is considered the longest cave in Thuringia and was developed into the oldest show cave in Thuringia by spring 1802.
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Description
Morphology
The Altensteiner Höhle is considered the longest cave in Thuringia.
History
The Altensteiner Höhle was discovered in 1799 during the construction of the road to Schloss Altenstein and was developed into the oldest show cave in Thuringia by spring 1802.
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Contains information from Grottocenter (Wikicaves), grottocenter.org, made available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0, https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/), modified. · https://grottocenter.org/ui/entrances/23569 · data as of 2026 · Source: Wikidata – cave items (Germany) (www.wikidata.org), modified. CC0 1.0, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ Wikidata (CC0 1.0) · names · obtained 2026-11-13 · data as of 2026 · Source: German Wikipedia – article leads (cave descriptions) (de.wikipedia.org), modified. CC BY-SA 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Wikipedia contributors (de.wikipedia.org), CC BY-SA 4.0 · Text by Wikipedia contributors (Altensteiner Höhle) · adapted by Espeleoworld (normalized, translated); the adaptation is licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ · description · obtained 2026-11-13 · https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altensteiner_H%C3%B6hle · data as of 2026 · The derived data is available on request under the ODbL: [email protected]