Caves and potholes of Alb-Donau-Kreis
The catalogue of Alb-Donau-Kreis lists 70 caves, including 5 potholes and 65 caves. The longest is Vetterhöhle (18,754 m) and the deepest is Hessenhaudoline (148 m).
Length adds each cave once (a system counts once), and depth is that of the deepest cave, canyons excluded. Without length data: 62. Without depth data: 65. Without known lithology: 70.
The 20 longest
| # | Cave | Location | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vetterhöhle | Blaubeuren | 18,754 m |
| 2 | Hessenhaudoline | Berghülen | 8,403 m |
| 3 | Laichinger Tiefenhöhle | Laichingen | 1,300 m |
| 4 | Sontheimer Höhle | Heroldstatt | 530 m |
| 5 | Schertelshöhle | Westerheim | 212 m |
| 6 | Steinernes Haus | Westerheim | 50 m |
| 7 | Schwedenhöhlen | Obermarchtal | 10 m |
The 20 deepest
| # | Cave | Location | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hessenhaudoline | Berghülen | 148 m |
| 2 | Vetterhöhle | Blaubeuren | 123 m |
| 3 | Banzenloch | Blaustein | 70 m |
| 4 | Blauhöhle | Blaubeuren | 42 m |
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Municipalities
The 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.
Contains information from © OpenStreetMap contributors, www.openstreetmap.org, made available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0, https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/), modified. · 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. · The derived data is available on request under the ODbL: [email protected]