Pommerlesloch

The Pommerlesloch is a shaft cave in the Muschelkalk zone of the Oberes Gäu, east of the northern Black Forest.

Mötzingen

The Pommerlesloch is a shaft cave in the Muschelkalk zone of the Oberes Gäu, east of the northern Black Forest.

Characteristics

• Type: Cave
• Municipality: Mötzingen
• 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 Pommerlesloch is located in a wooded area between Mötzingen and Unterjettingen (about 50 km southwest of Stuttgart), near the outcrop boundary between Hauptmuschelkalk and Lettenkeuper in the Trigonodus Dolomite (mo3).

Map

Entrances

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1. Pommerlesloch

   48.548311, 8.784571
   UTM 32U (ETRS89) 484101 5377268
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Description

Morphology

The Pommerlesloch is a shaft cave and one of the most significant caves in the Muschelkalk zone of the Oberes Gäu, east of the northern Black Forest.

History

According to local legend, the cave owes its unusual name to a dachshund named Pommerle that once fell into it.

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