Merklinger Klufthöhle
The Merklinger Klufthöhle is a 110-metre-long and 21-metre-deep tiefe Höhle (deep cave) near Merklingen on the Swabian Alb.
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Merklinger Klufthöhle
The Merklinger Klufthöhle is a 110-metre-long and 21-metre-deep tiefe Höhle (deep cave) near Merklingen on the Swabian Alb.
Merklingen
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The Merklinger Klufthöhle is a 110-metre-long and 21-metre-deep tiefe Höhle (deep cave) near Merklingen on the Swabian Alb.
Description
Morphology
The cavity is a total of 110 metres long and 21 metres deep.
Other details
The cave passes beneath the Wendlingen–Ulm new railway line.
History
The Merklinger Klufthöhle was discovered on 13 July 2016 during construction work for the Wendlingen–Ulm new railway line near Widderstall.
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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 (Merklinger Klufthöhle) · 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/Merklinger_Klufth%C3%B6hle · data as of 2026