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Schinderhanneshöhle

The Schinderhanneshöhle is a relatively small cave, 13 meters long, in the Hunsrück.

Bad Sobernheim

The Schinderhanneshöhle is a relatively small cave, 13 meters long, in the Hunsrück.

Characteristics

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 Schinderhanneshöhle is located in the Hunsrück, about one kilometer west of the former Pferdsfeld airfield and about two kilometers northeast of Seesbach in the Hoxbach valley (also called Gaulsbach valley).

Map

Entrances

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  1. Schinderhanneshöhle

    49.854400, 7.573810
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Description

Morphology

At 13 meters long, the Schinderhanneshöhle is relatively small.

History

The cave received its name because it is said to have once been the hiding place of the robber Schinderhannes.

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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 (Schinderhanneshöhle (Pferdsfeld)) · 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/Schinderhannesh%C3%B6hle_(Pferdsfeld) · data as of 2026