Ilsenhöhle

The Ilsenhöhle is located below Ranis Castle in the Thuringian town of the same name.

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Ilsenhöhle

The Ilsenhöhle is located below Ranis Castle in the Thuringian town of the same name.

Ranis

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The Ilsenhöhle is located below Ranis Castle in the Thuringian town of the same name.

Characteristics

Type: Cave
Municipality: Ranis
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 Ilsenhöhle is located below Ranis Castle in the Thuringian town of the same name.

Entrances

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Ilsenhöhle
50.662577, 11.565031
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History

Archaeological excavations took place from 1932 to 1938 and again from 2016 to 2022.

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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/656269842 · 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 (Ilsenhöhle) · 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/Ilsenh%C3%B6hle · data as of 2026 · The derived data is available on request under the ODbL: [email protected]