Ehemalige Eiskapelle
Ice cave beneath the ice chapel of the Watzmann, a unique site in Berchtesgaden National Park, which has collapsed and is not known to be reforming as a cavity in the firn.
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Ehemalige Eiskapelle
Ice cave beneath the ice chapel of the Watzmann, a unique site in Berchtesgaden National Park, which has collapsed and is not known to be reforming as a cavity in the firn.
Schönau a.Königssee
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Ice cave beneath the ice chapel of the Watzmann, a unique site in Berchtesgaden National Park, which has collapsed and is not known to be reforming as a cavity in the firn.
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Ice cave; fine photographs were taken by Phillipe Crochet.
History
The ice chapel of the Watzmann has collapsed. The ice chapel, this unique site in Berchtesgaden National Park, has disappeared! Experts had predicted the disappearance of the lowest permanent ice field in the German Alps, but even researchers are surprised by how early it collapsed. It is still unknown whether the ice chapel will reform as a cavity in the firn, at only 900 metres above sea level.
* Berchtesgaden > Die ehemalige Eiskapelle am Königssee (de)
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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/159467 · 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 Frédéric Urien (Cavité sous glacière), Frédéric Urien, Frédéric Urien (Randonnée réputée) · 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/159467 · data as of 2026 · The derived data is available on request under the ODbL: [email protected]