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Olga-Höhle

Olga-Höhle

The Olgahöhle is the largest Kalktuffhöhle (tufa cave) in Germany.

Lichtenstein 170m 11m

The Olgahöhle is the largest Kalktuffhöhle (tufa cave) in Germany.

Characteristics

  • Type: Cave
  • Municipality: Lichtenstein
  • Length: 170 meters
  • Depth: 11 meters
  • Record updated:

Caves are protected biotopes (§30 BNatSchG).

Location

The Olgahöhle is located in the Honau district of the municipality of Lichtenstein in the Echaz valley, on the edge of the Swabian Alb below Lichtenstein Castle.

Map

Entrances

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  1. Olga-Höhle

    48.413414, 9.260914
    UTM 32U (ETRS89) 519307 5362284
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Description

Morphology

The Olgahöhle is the largest Kalktuffhöhle (tufa cave) in Germany.

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Source: Geotopkataster Baden-Württemberg (Regierungspräsidium Freiburg – LGRB) (services.lgrb-bw.de), modified. Data licence Germany – attribution – version 2.0 (dl-de/by-2-0), https://www.govdata.de/dl-de/by-2-0 Datenquelle: Regierungspräsidium Freiburg - LGRB, www.lgrb-bw.de · data as of 2026 · 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. · depth, length, names · obtained 2026-11-13 · https://grottocenter.org/ui/entrances/23610 · data as of 2026 · 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/1781280026 · 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) · 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 (Olgahöhle) · 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/Olgah%C3%B6hle · data as of 2026 · The derived data is available on request under the ODbL: [email protected]