Wendelsteinhöhle
The Wendelsteinhöhle is a natural karst cave in Wetterstein limestone on the Wendelstein and, with a total length of 523 meters, is Germany's highest show cave.
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Wendelsteinhöhle
The Wendelsteinhöhle is a natural karst cave in Wetterstein limestone on the Wendelstein and, with a total length of 523 meters, is Germany's highest show cave.
Brannenburg
Length: 523 m
Updated record
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The Wendelsteinhöhle is a natural karst cave in Wetterstein limestone on the Wendelstein and, with a total length of 523 meters, is Germany's highest show cave.
Description
Morphology
The cave formed as a karst cave in the massive Wetterstein limestone, which is heavily fractured by mountain building. Its total length is 523 meters.
Progression
Of the total length of 523 meters, 170 meters are walked on guided tours.
Other details
It is thus the highest show cave in Germany. The Wendelsteinhöhle is registered under geotope number 187H001.
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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=187H001 · data as of 2026 · 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. · length · obtained 2026-11-13 · https://grottocenter.org/ui/entrances/20270 · 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) · 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 (Wendelsteinhöhle) · 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/Wendelsteinh%C3%B6hle · data as of 2026 · The derived data is available on request under the ODbL: [email protected]