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Teufelsloch Rheinfelden

The Teufelsloch is a pit about 20 metres deep in a Lower Keuper doline zone in the Dornach forest area, whose passages have been explored to 105 m in length and 75 m in depth.

Rheinfelden (Baden) 105m 75m

The Teufelsloch is a pit about 20 metres deep in a Lower Keuper doline zone in the Dornach forest area, whose passages have been explored to 105 m in length and 75 m in depth.

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 Teufelsloch lies within a Lower Keuper doline zone in the Dornach forest area.

Map

Entrances

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  1. Teufelsloch Rheinfelden

    47.605389, 7.830302
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Description

Morphology

The entrance funnel leads into a pit about 20 metres deep. Passages beneath the doline have been explored to 105 m in length and 75 m in depth.

Speleothems

At a depth of about 10 metres, at the transition from the funnel to the pit and already in the Upper Muschelkalk, a prominent, broad stalactite has formed.

Hydrology

The surrounding ground drains via the pit.

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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/65342 · data as of 2026 · Source: Grottocenter (Association Wikicaves), worldwide collaborative cave database (grottocenter.org), modified. CC BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Grottocenter (Wikicaves) · Text by BTH (Beschreibung) · adapted by Espeleoworld (normalized, translated); the adaptation is licensed CC BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ · https://grottocenter.org/ui/entrances/65342 · 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/2507234887 · data as of 2026 · The derived data is available on request under the ODbL: [email protected]