Windloch

The Windloch is a natural karst cave near Großmeinfeld in the Middle Franconian municipality of Hartenstein in the district of Nürnberger Land in Bavaria.

Hartenstein 15m

The Windloch is a natural karst cave near Großmeinfeld in the Middle Franconian municipality of Hartenstein in the district of Nürnberger Land in Bavaria.

Characteristics

• Type: Cave
• Municipality: Hartenstein
• Length: 15 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 Windloch is a natural karst cave near Großmeinfeld, a part of the Middle Franconian municipality of Hartenstein in the district of Nürnberger Land in Bavaria. The cave is located on the eastern slope of the Lohhügel and is about 1100 meters from Großmeinfeld in a southeasterly direction.

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Entrances

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1. Windloch

   49.568654, 11.518508
   UTM 32U (ETRS89) 682094.5760006211 5493720.685998263
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Description

Other details

It is listed in the Geotopkataster Bayern under the number 574H015. In the Höhlenkataster Fränkische Alb (HFA) it is registered as A 5. The cave is part of the FFH area Höhlen der nördlichen Frankenalb (6335-305).

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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=574H015 · 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 (Windloch (Großmeinfeld)) · 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/Windloch_(Gro%C3%9Fmeinfeld) · data as of 2026