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Teufelsbackofen

The Teufelsbackofen is an artificially created cave about 1.5 m high in the southeast of the Nuremberg district of Moorenbrunn.

Nürnberg

The Teufelsbackofen is an artificially created cave about 1.5 m high in the southeast of the Nuremberg district of Moorenbrunn.

Characteristics

  • Type: Cave
  • Municipality: Nürnberg
  • Record updated:

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 Teufelsbackofen is located in the southeast of the Nuremberg district of Moorenbrunn.

Map

Entrances

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  1. Teufelsbackofen

    49.390767, 11.165889
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Description

Morphology

The Teufelsbackofen is an artificially created cave about 1.5 m high.

Other details

The original name was Teifels-Bachoffen, so it probably derives from the water spring rather than from baking.

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