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Schuntershöhle

Schuntershöhle

The Schunterhöhle, also called Schonterhöhle, lies east of Briel at the foot of the Rappenstein on the Weilersteußlingen district.

Allmendingen

The Schunterhöhle, also called Schonterhöhle, lies east of Briel at the foot of the Rappenstein on the Weilersteußlingen district.

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 Schunterhöhle (also Schonterhöhle) is a cave east of the village of Briel, northwest of the district town of Ehingen (Donau) on the southern edge of the Swabian Alb. It lies at the foot of the Rappenstein on the Weilersteußlingen district of the municipality of Allmendingen.

Map

Entrances

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  1. Schuntershöhle

    48.324837, 9.663129
    UTM 32U (ETRS89) 549155 5352618
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Description

Other details

The rock and the cave are protected under the name Rappenstein und Schunterhöhle as natural monument no. 84250020043 and under the name Felsrippe Rappenstein und Schuntershöhle am O-Hang des Rautals 1100 m NE von Briel also as a geotope.

History

It is said to have served around 1780 as a Wohnhöhle for a family named Schunter.

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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 © OpenStreetMap contributors, www.openstreetmap.org, made available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0, https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/), modified. · names · obtained 2026-11-13 · https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/965211507 · 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 (Schunterhöhle) · 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/Schunterh%C3%B6hle · data as of 2026 · The derived data is available on request under the ODbL: [email protected]