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Teufelshöhle

Teufelshöhle

The Teufelshöhle is a cave in the Burgsandstein near Prackenfels, a district of the Middle Franconian town of Altdorf b.Nürnberg in the district of Nürnberger Land in Bavaria.

Altdorf b.Nürnberg 25m

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Teufelshöhle

The Teufelshöhle is a cave in the Burgsandstein near Prackenfels, a district of the Middle Franconian town of Altdorf b.Nürnberg in the district of Nürnberger Land in Bavaria.

Altdorf b.Nürnberg

Length: 25 m

Updated record

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The Teufelshöhle is a cave in the Burgsandstein near Prackenfels, a district of the Middle Franconian town of Altdorf b.Nürnberg in the district of Nürnberger Land in Bavaria.

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 Teufelshöhle is located on the western slope of the Pfaffental gorge, southwest of Altdorf. It lies in the Burgsandstein near Prackenfels, a district of the Middle Franconian town of Altdorf b.Nürnberg in the district of Nürnberger Land in Bavaria.

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Entrances

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  1. Teufelshöhle

    49.375531, 11.347184
    UTM 32U (ETRS89) 670377.3850004516 5471852.649998816
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Source: Geotopkataster Bayern (Bayerisches Landesamt für Umwelt) (www.umweltatlas.bayern.de), modified. CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Datenquelle: Bayerisches Landesamt für Umwelt, www.lfu.bayern.de · https://www.umweltatlas.bayern.de/mapapps/resources/reports/sb_geotope/generateBericht.pdf?additionallayerfieldvalue=574H001 · 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) · length · 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 (Teufelshöhle bei Altdorf) · 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/Teufelsh%C3%B6hle_bei_Altdorf · data as of 2026