Hohler Stein
The Hohle Stein is a half-cave between Laichingen and Feldstetten on the Swabian Alb, whose hall, about 12 meters long and about 22 meters wide, was presumably opened up by a sinkhole.
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Hohler Stein
The Hohle Stein is a half-cave between Laichingen and Feldstetten on the Swabian Alb, whose hall, about 12 meters long and about 22 meters wide, was presumably opened up by a sinkhole.
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The Hohle Stein is a half-cave between Laichingen and Feldstetten on the Swabian Alb, whose hall, about 12 meters long and about 22 meters wide, was presumably opened up by a sinkhole.
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Description
Morphology
The Hohle Stein is a half-cave. The hall, about 12 meters long and about 22 meters wide, was presumably opened up by a sinkhole, so it is the remnant of a collapse funnel. This exposure reveals the Lower Felsenkalk Formation.
Other details
The natural monument No. 84250710101 is also protected as a geotope under the name Hohler Stein.
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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/1149644407 · 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 Laichingen)) · 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_Laichingen) · data as of 2026 · The derived data is available on request under the ODbL: [email protected]