Tropfsteinhöhle Niedaltdorf
The Niedaltdorfer Tropfsteinhöhle is a 120-metre-long primary cave (tufa cave) in a spring limestone deposit in Niedaltdorf, municipality of Rehlingen-Siersburg in Saarland.
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Tropfsteinhöhle Niedaltdorf
The Niedaltdorfer Tropfsteinhöhle is a 120-metre-long primary cave (tufa cave) in a spring limestone deposit in Niedaltdorf, municipality of Rehlingen-Siersburg in Saarland.
Rehlingen-Siersburg
Length: 200 m
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The Niedaltdorfer Tropfsteinhöhle is a 120-metre-long primary cave (tufa cave) in a spring limestone deposit in Niedaltdorf, municipality of Rehlingen-Siersburg in Saarland.
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Description
Morphology
The Niedaltdorfer Tropfsteinhöhle is a 120-metre-long primary cave (Tuffhöhle). It was formed about 8000 years ago in a spring limestone deposit 200 metres long, 40 metres wide and eight metres thick.
Hydrology
The spring limestone deposit in which the cave formed was laid down over the last 10,000 years at the spring of a tributary of the Nied.
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Source: Geotope Saarland (GDI-SL, Landesamt für Umwelt- und Arbeitsschutz) (geoportal.saarland.de), modified. CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ © GDI-SL (2026), Geotope Saarland, Landesamt für Umwelt- und Arbeitsschutz Saarland · 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, 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 (Niedaltdorfer Tropfsteinhöhle) · 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/Niedaltdorfer_Tropfsteinh%C3%B6hle · data as of 2026