Eberstadter Tropfsteinhöhle
The Eberstadter Tropfsteinhöhle is an approximately 600-metre-long show cave in the Lower Muschelkalk near Eberstadt, with rich, predominantly limestone-white speleothem ornamentation.
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Eberstadter Tropfsteinhöhle
The Eberstadter Tropfsteinhöhle is an approximately 600-metre-long show cave in the Lower Muschelkalk near Eberstadt, with rich, predominantly limestone-white speleothem ornamentation.
Buchen (Odenwald)
Length: 645 m · Depth: 39 m
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The Eberstadter Tropfsteinhöhle is an approximately 600-metre-long show cave in the Lower Muschelkalk near Eberstadt, with rich, predominantly limestone-white speleothem ornamentation.
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Description
Morphology
The cave is approximately 600 metres long and lies 341 metres above sea level. The cave passage is angled several times and in places only 1.5 metres high, but elsewhere has halls up to six metres high. It lies in the Lower Muschelkalk.
Speleothems
The cave contains rich speleothem ornamentation such as slender and cone-shaped stalagmites, sinter flags, sinter terraces and crystals. Because the cave was sealed after its discovery and guided tours took place from the beginning solely under electric lighting, the speleothems are still predominantly preserved in limestone white, unlike in most older German show caves, where the use of candles and torches blackened the speleothems. The Eberstadter Tropfsteinhöhle is thus regarded as one of the most beautiful show caves in Germany.
Other details
The cave is estimated to be three to five million years old. It is one of the attractions of the Geo-Naturpark Bergstraße-Odenwald.
History
The Eberstadter Tropfsteinhöhle was discovered in December 1971 during blasting work in a Muschelkalk quarry and was made accessible to the public by 1973. Since then it has been used touristically as a show cave.
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Source: Geotopkataster Baden-Württemberg (Regierungspräsidium Freiburg – LGRB) (services.lgrb-bw.de), modified. Data licence Germany – attribution – version 2.0 (dl-de/by-2-0), https://www.govdata.de/dl-de/by-2-0 Datenquelle: Regierungspräsidium Freiburg - LGRB, www.lgrb-bw.de · data as of 2026 · 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. · depth, length · obtained 2026-11-13 · https://grottocenter.org/ui/entrances/23579 · data as of 2026 · Contains information from © OpenStreetMap contributors, www.openstreetmap.org, made available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0, https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/), modified. · https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/5885172472 · 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 (Eberstadter Tropfsteinhöhle) · 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/Eberstadter_Tropfsteinh%C3%B6hle · data as of 2026 · The derived data is available on request under the ODbL: [email protected]