Schlossberghöhlen
The Schlossberghöhlen are caves in the Schlossberg in Homburg, Saarland, created by Buntsandstein quarrying; according to the city of Homburg they extend over twelve floors across 140 meters in length and 60 meters in width.
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Schlossberghöhlen
The Schlossberghöhlen are caves in the Schlossberg in Homburg, Saarland, created by Buntsandstein quarrying; according to the city of Homburg they extend over twelve floors across 140 meters in length and 60 meters in width.
Homburg
Length: 5000 m
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The Schlossberghöhlen are caves in the Schlossberg in Homburg, Saarland, created by Buntsandstein quarrying; according to the city of Homburg they extend over twelve floors across 140 meters in length and 60 meters in width.
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Description
Morphology
The Schlossberghöhlen are Buntsandstein caves. They consist of twelve floors and extend over an area of 140 meters in length and 60 meters in width.
Other details
According to the city of Homburg, the Schlossberghöhlen are the largest Buntsandstein caves in Europe. They were created by the quarrying of Buntsandstein.
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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. · https://grottocenter.org/ui/entrances/23616 · 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 (Schlossberghöhlen) · 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/Schlossbergh%C3%B6hlen · data as of 2026 · The derived data is available on request under the ODbL: [email protected]