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Charlottenhöhle

Charlottenhöhle

The grotte Charlotte (Charlotte Cave) is a 587-metre-long limestone cave in the Swabian Jura, whose entrance lies at 487.5 metres above sea level.

Giengen an der Brenz 587m 12m

The grotte Charlotte (Charlotte Cave) is a 587-metre-long limestone cave in the Swabian Jura, whose entrance lies at 487.5 metres above sea level.

Characteristics

Caves are protected biotopes (§30 BNatSchG).

Location

The grotte Charlotte (Charlotte Cave; in German: “Charlottenhöhle”) is a limestone cave in the Swabian Jura located in Hürben, a district of the municipality of Giengen an der Brenz in the state of Baden-Württemberg.

Map

Entrances

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  1. Charlottenhöhle

    48.587222, 10.206111
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Photos

Charlottenhöhle - Photo, Giengen an der BrenzView image
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Rainer Lippert · Public Domain Mark 1.0, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ · Wikimedia Commons · https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charlottenh%C3%B6hle,_16.jpg

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Description

Morphology

The cave is 587 metres long and its entrance is at 487.5 metres above sea level.

Hydrology

Scientists estimate that the cave formed between two to three million years before Christ through erosion caused by an ancient rivière souterraine (underground river).

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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/23575 · data as of 2026 · Source: Grottocenter (Association Wikicaves), worldwide collaborative cave database (grottocenter.org), modified. CC BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Grottocenter (Wikicaves) · Text by BTH (Description sommaire), BTH (Localisation administrative) · adapted by Espeleoworld (normalized, translated); the adaptation is licensed CC BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ · https://grottocenter.org/ui/entrances/23575 · data as of 2026 · The derived data is available on request under the ODbL: [email protected]