Esperhöhle

The Esperhöhle is a natural karst cave ruin near Leutzdorf in the Franconian Switzerland.

Gößweinstein 50m

The Esperhöhle is a natural karst cave ruin near Leutzdorf in the Franconian Switzerland.

Characteristics

• Type: Cave
• Municipality: Gößweinstein
• Length: 50 meters
• Record updated: November 13, 2026

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 Esperhöhle is located near Leutzdorf, a district of the Upper Franconian municipality of Gößweinstein in the district of Forchheim in Bavaria, in the Franconian Switzerland, a part of the Franconian Alb.

Map

Entrances

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1. Esperhöhle

   49.770824, 11.296597
   UTM 32U (ETRS89) 665364.167000385 5515681.294998948
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Description

Morphology

The Esperhöhle is a natural karst cave ruin.

Other details

The cave is designated as a natural monument and is registered in the Cave Register of the Franconian Alb (HFA) as D 105 and under the geotope number 474H004.

History

The Esperhöhle was first explored in the 18th century.

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Source: Geotopkataster Bayern (Bayerisches Landesamt für Umwelt) (www.umweltatlas.bayern.de), modified. CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Datenquelle: Bayerisches Landesamt für Umwelt, www.lfu.bayern.de · https://www.umweltatlas.bayern.de/mapapps/resources/reports/sb_geotope/generateBericht.pdf?additionallayerfieldvalue=474H004 · 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. · names · obtained 2026-11-13 · https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/416857270 · 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) · length · 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 (Esperhöhle) · 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/Esperh%C3%B6hle · data as of 2026 · The derived data is available on request under the ODbL: [email protected]