Laierhöhle
The Laierhöhle is one of the deepest Schachthöhlen (shaft caves) of the Swabian Alb and has been explored to a depth of 127 meters.
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Laierhöhle
The Laierhöhle is one of the deepest Schachthöhlen (shaft caves) of the Swabian Alb and has been explored to a depth of 127 meters.
Geislingen an der Steige
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The Laierhöhle is one of the deepest Schachthöhlen (shaft caves) of the Swabian Alb and has been explored to a depth of 127 meters.
Description
Morphology
The Laierhöhle extends over several levels and comprises several halls, such as the “Wagrainhalle” or the “Amphitheater”, the largest room of the cave at 42 × 20 meters. The cave has currently been explored to a depth of 127 meters.
Other details
The Laierhöhle is one of the deepest Schachthöhlen (shaft caves) of the Swabian Alb.
History
The Laierhöhle was intersected in 1996 during the construction of a garage and has since been explored by the members of the Kahlensteiner Höhlenvereins Bad Überkingen. The Laierhöhle formed in phases. The oldest phase, represented by the uppermost level, could already be 14 million years old. That would make the Laierhöhle the oldest cave of the Swabian Alb.
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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 (Laierhöhle) · 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/Laierh%C3%B6hle · data as of 2026