Hohler Stein

The Hohle Stein near Buchen-Eberstadt is a dripstone cave several kilometres long in the Muschelkalk.

Buchen (Odenwald) 3000m

The Hohle Stein near Buchen-Eberstadt is a dripstone cave several kilometres long in the Muschelkalk.

Characteristics

• Type: Cave
• Municipality: Buchen (Odenwald)
• Length: 3000 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 Hohle Stein is located near Buchen-Eberstadt.

Map

Entrances

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1. Hohler Stein

   49.474800, 9.344800
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Description

Morphology

The Hohle Stein is a dripstone cave several kilometres long. The cave lies in the Muschelkalk.

Other details

Together with the Eberstadter Tropfsteinhöhle and the Kornäckerhöhle, the Hohle Stein forms the “Eberstadter Höhlenwelten”.

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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/23592 · 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) · names · 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 (Hohler Stein (bei Buchen)) · 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/Hohler_Stein_(bei_Buchen) · data as of 2026 · The derived data is available on request under the ODbL: [email protected]