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The Riesenburg is a natural karst cave ruin near Engelhardsberg in the market town of Wiesenttal, a remnant of a larger karst cave formed by water in Franconian dolomite.

Wiesenttal 100m

The Riesenburg is a natural karst cave ruin near Engelhardsberg in the market town of Wiesenttal, a remnant of a larger karst cave formed by water in Franconian dolomite.

Characteristics

• Type: Cave
• Municipality: Wiesenttal
• Length: 100 meters
• Record updated: November 13, 2026

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 Riesenburg is located near Engelhardsberg, a district of the Upper Franconian market town of Wiesenttal in the district of Forchheim in Bavaria, close to Doos in the valley of the Wiesent.

Map

Entrances

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1. Versturzhöhle

   49.803333, 11.296944
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© Ermell · CC BY-SA 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ · Wikimedia Commons · https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Riesenburg-Winter-P1190059-HDR.jpg

© Rainerhaufe · CC BY-SA 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ · Wikimedia Commons · https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kaiserlicher_Spruch_Riesenburg.jpg

© Rainerhaufe · CC BY-SA 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ · Wikimedia Commons · https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Riesenbogen_Riesenburg.jpg

Johann Poppel · Public Domain Mark 1.0, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ · Wikimedia Commons · https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Riesenburg_(J._Poppel).jpg

© ( User:Alma ) · CC BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ · Wikimedia Commons · https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Riesenburg_Blick_Eingangsbereich_2009.jpg

© ( User:Alma ) · CC BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ · Wikimedia Commons · https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Riesenburg_Blick_ins_Innere_2009.jpg

© Reinhold Möller Ermell · CC BY-SA 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ · Wikimedia Commons · https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Riesenburg_HDR-20180418-RM-163651.jpg

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Description

Morphology

The Riesenburg is a natural karst cave ruin and represents the remnant of a larger karst cave in Franconian dolomite.

Hydrology

The karst cave was formed by the action of water.

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