Zoolithenhöhle

The Zoolithenhöhle is a natural karst cave near Burggaillenreuth, a district of Ebermannstadt in the Upper Franconian district of Forchheim in Bavaria.

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Zoolithenhöhle

The Zoolithenhöhle is a natural karst cave near Burggaillenreuth, a district of Ebermannstadt in the Upper Franconian district of Forchheim in Bavaria.

Ebermannstadt

Length: 100 m

Updated record

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The Zoolithenhöhle is a natural karst cave near Burggaillenreuth, a district of Ebermannstadt in the Upper Franconian district of Forchheim in Bavaria.

Characteristics

Type: Cave
Municipality: Ebermannstadt
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 Zoolithenhöhle is located near Burggaillenreuth, a district of Ebermannstadt in the Upper Franconian district of Forchheim in Bavaria.

Entrances

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Zoolithenhöhle
49.779340, 11.282343
UTM 32U (ETRS89) 664309.1140003728 5516596.580998979
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Morphology

The Zoolithenhöhle is a natural karst cave.

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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=474H002 · 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 (Zoolithenhöhle) · 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/Zoolithenh%C3%B6hle · data as of 2026