Caves and potholes of Germany
The catalogue of Germany lists 2,020 caves, including 74 potholes and 1,926 caves. The longest is Riesending-Schachthöhle (27,300 m).
Length adds each cave once (a system counts once), and depth is that of the deepest cave, canyons excluded. Without length data: 1,759. Without depth data: 1,967. Without known lithology: 2,020.
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739 cavesThe figures of these places do not add up to the total: a cave can be in more than one place, or in none when its location has no lower level.
Administrative units: © BKG (2026) dl-de/by-2-0 (data sources). Boundaries simplified and reprojected by EspeleoWorld.
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