Schillerhöhle

The Schillerhöhle, also known as Schillingsloch, is a cave near the Bad Urach district of Wittlingen on the Swabian Alb.

Bad Urach 245m 30m

The Schillerhöhle, also known as Schillingsloch, is a cave near the Bad Urach district of Wittlingen on the Swabian Alb.

Characteristics

• Type: Cave
• Municipality: Bad Urach
• Length: 245 meters
• Depth: 30 meters
• 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 Schillerhöhle, also known as Schillingsloch, is located near the Bad Urach district of Wittlingen on the Swabian Alb.

Map

Entrances

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1. Schillerhöhle

   48.469750, 9.426594
   UTM 32U (ETRS89) 531532 5368601
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Description

Morphology

A natural bridge stood in front of the cave entrance, which collapsed in May 2009. As a result, access was closed for a few months.

Other details

The cave is part of the UNESCO Geopark Swabian Alb. During the bat protection period, the cave is closed.

History

The Schillerhöhle is named after Friedrich Schiller or after a Herr von Schilling who had an accident there during a bear hunt in 1341. In 1833, the Urach chief forester Friedrich von Mandelsloh carried out excavations in the cave and found bones of brown bear and lynx as well as a well-preserved human skull. He did not look for traces of settlement.

The cave was described under the fictional name Tulkahöhle in the book Rulaman by David Friedrich Weinland, where it is said to have been the Wohnhöhle (dwelling cave) of a tribe of Stone Age people. An actual settlement of the cave in the Stone Age has not yet been proven.

Bio

During the excavations in 1833, the Urach chief forester Friedrich von Mandelsloh found bones of brown bear and lynx.

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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 · obtained 2026-11-13 · https://grottocenter.org/ui/entrances/25132 · 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) · names · obtained 2026-11-13 · 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 (Schillerhöhle) · 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/Schillerh%C3%B6hle · data as of 2026 · The derived data is available on request under the ODbL: [email protected]