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Erdbacheinschlupf

The Erdbachhöhle near Erbach in the Odenwald is the largest cave in the Hessian Odenwald and is protected as an FFH area.

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The Erdbachhöhle near Erbach in the Odenwald is the largest cave in the Hessian Odenwald and is protected as an FFH area.

Characteristics

  • Type: Cave
  • Municipality: Erbach
  • Record updated:

Caves are protected biotopes (§30 BNatSchG). Caves used by bats as winter quarters must not be entered from 1 October to 31 March (§39(6) BNatSchG), except show caves and their developed parts.

Location

The Erdbachhöhle near Erbach lies in the area of Erbach and Michelstadt in the Odenwaldkreis in southern Hesse.

Map

Entrances

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  1. Erdbacheinschlupf

    49.664740, 9.004313
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Description

Other details

As the largest cave in the Hessian Odenwald, it is protected as an FFH area.

History

The „Erdbach-Einschlupf“ and „Erdbach-Austritt“ were already designated as natural monuments in 1937 (ND no. 437256 and 437257).

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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/277285220 · 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 (Erdbachhöhle bei Erbach) · 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/Erdbachh%C3%B6hle_bei_Erbach · data as of 2026 · The derived data is available on request under the ODbL: [email protected]