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Feengrotten

Feengrotten

The Feengrotten is a show mine opened in 1914 in Saalfeld, created from a disused mine and known for its colored stalactites.

Saalfeld/Saale

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Feengrotten

The Feengrotten is a show mine opened in 1914 in Saalfeld, created from a disused mine and known for its colored stalactites.

Saalfeld/Saale

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The Feengrotten is a show mine opened in 1914 in Saalfeld, created from a disused mine and known for its colored stalactites.

Characteristics

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 Feengrotten (usually: Saalfelder Feengrotten) are located in Saalfeld in Thuringia, on the edge of the Thuringian Slate Mountains.

Map

Entrances

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  1. Feengrotten

    50.634189, 11.343272
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Photos

Feengrotten - Photo, Saalfeld/SaaleView image
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© Sebastian Wallroth · CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ · Wikimedia Commons · https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schaubergwerk_Feengrotten_Saalfeld_2023_007.jpg

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Description

Speleothems

The Feengrotten are famous above all for their colored stalactites.

Other details

The Feengrotten is a show mine created from a disused mine. Today, an entire adventure world with an adventure museum, an adventure leisure forest and a natural healing gallery has grown up around the show mine.

History

The Feengrotten were opened in 1914.

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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/441939312 · 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 (Feengrotten) · 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/Feengrotten · data as of 2026 · The derived data is available on request under the ODbL: [email protected]