Zwiefaltendorfer Tropfsteinhöhle
The Zwiefaltendorfer Tropfsteinhöhle is a 27-metre-long, four- to six-metre-high primary cave in tufa and the smallest show cave in Germany.
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Zwiefaltendorfer Tropfsteinhöhle
The Zwiefaltendorfer Tropfsteinhöhle is a 27-metre-long, four- to six-metre-high primary cave in tufa and the smallest show cave in Germany.
Riedlingen
Length: 27 m
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The Zwiefaltendorfer Tropfsteinhöhle is a 27-metre-long, four- to six-metre-high primary cave in tufa and the smallest show cave in Germany.
Description
Morphology
The four- to six-metre-high and two- to three-metre-wide cave formed in tufa. With a length of 27 metres, it is the smallest show cave in Germany.
Speleothems
The cave contains secondary-grown stalactites coated with pearl sinter.
Other details
It formed at the same time as the lime sediments that have been precipitated from karst water since the last postglacial warm period (after the Würm glaciation). It is therefore one of the rare primary caves.
A visit to the cave is combined with a visit to the inn and a small brewery tour. The guide also answers questions about distilling schnapps.
History
It was discovered during the excavation of a cellar on 19 January 1892 at a depth of ten metres in the tufa. In the same year, the cave was opened as a show cave.
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Source: Geotopkataster Baden-Württemberg (Regierungspräsidium Freiburg – LGRB) (services.lgrb-bw.de), modified. Data licence Germany – attribution – version 2.0 (dl-de/by-2-0), https://www.govdata.de/dl-de/by-2-0 Datenquelle: Regierungspräsidium Freiburg - LGRB, www.lgrb-bw.de · 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/23630 · 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 (Zwiefaltendorfer 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/Zwiefaltendorfer_Tropfsteinh%C3%B6hle · data as of 2026 · The derived data is available on request under the ODbL: [email protected]