Höhlenruine Burkhardshöhle

The Burkhardtshöhle is a karst cave destroyed in the Second World War and an archaeological site of the Magdalenian on the northern edge of the Middle Swabian Alb, preserved today as a cave ruin.

Westerheim

The Burkhardtshöhle is a karst cave destroyed in the Second World War and an archaeological site of the Magdalenian on the northern edge of the Middle Swabian Alb, preserved today as a cave ruin.

Characteristics

• Type: Cave
• Municipality: Westerheim
• 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 Burkhardtshöhle is located in the territory of the municipality of Westerheim in the Alb-Donau-Kreis in Baden-Württemberg, on the northern edge of the Middle Swabian Alb.

Map

Entrances

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1. Höhlenruine Burkhardshöhle

   48.535510, 9.585166
   UTM 32U (ETRS89) 543197 5375988
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© Thilo Parg · CC BY-SA 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ · Wikimedia Commons · https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Burkhardtsh%C3%B6hle_a.jpg

© Thilo Parg · CC BY-SA 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ · Wikimedia Commons · https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Burkhardtsh%C3%B6hle_c.jpg

© Thilo Parg · CC BY-SA 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ · Wikimedia Commons · https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Burkhardtsh%C3%B6hle_d.jpg

© Helfensteinchen · CC BY-SA 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ · Wikimedia Commons · https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ruine_der_Burkhardtsh%C3%B6hle_bei_Westerheim_(W%C3%BCrttemberg).jpg

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Description

Morphology

The Burkhardtshöhle is a karst cave destroyed in the Second World War and preserved today as a cave ruin.

History

The Burkhardtshöhle is an archaeological site of the Magdalenian.

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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 © 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/4988452449 · 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) · 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 (Burkhardtshöhle) · 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/Burkhardtsh%C3%B6hle · data as of 2026 · The derived data is available on request under the ODbL: [email protected]