Caves of Balve
Balve has 24 catalogued caves, including 24 caves. The longest is Reckenhöhle (2,500 m) and the deepest is Honert-Höhle (16 m).
Length adds each cave once (a system counts once), and depth is that of the deepest cave, canyons excluded. Without length data: 19. Without depth data: 23. Without known lithology: 24.
The 20 longest
| # | Cave | Location | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reckenhöhle | Balve, Märkischer Kreis | 2,500 m |
| 2 | Feldhofhöhle | Balve, Märkischer Kreis | 189 m |
| 3 | Balver Höhle | Balve, Märkischer Kreis | 138 m |
| 4 | Honert-Höhle | Balve, Märkischer Kreis | 50 m |
| 5 | Frühlinghauser Höhle | Balve, Märkischer Kreis | 18 m |
The 20 deepest
| # | Cave | Location | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Honert-Höhle | Balve, Märkischer Kreis | 16 m |
Map
Name↕ | Length↓ | Depth↕ | Municipality↕ | Region↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reckenhöhle | 2,500 meters | — | Balve | |
| Feldhofhöhle | 189 meters | — | Balve | |
| Balver Höhle | 138 meters | — | Balve | |
| Honert-Höhle | 50 meters | 16 meters | Balve | |
| Frühlinghauser Höhle | 18 meters | — | Balve | |
| Ziegenhöhle | — | — | Balve | |
| Volkringhauser Höhle | — | — | Balve | |
| Schlafhöhle | — | — | Balve | |
| Preuß-Höhle | — | — | Balve | |
| Luftschutzhöhle | — | — | Balve | |
| Leichenhöhle | — | — | Balve | |
| Köttenhöhle | — | — | Balve | |
| Kleine Burschenhöhle | — | — | Balve | |
| Kepplerhöhle | — | — | Balve | |
| Karhofhöhle | — | — | Balve | |
| Johannes-Höhle | — | — | Balve | |
| Hörsterhöhle | — | — | Balve | |
| Haustadthöhle | — | — | Balve | |
| Haake-Höhle | — | — | Balve | |
| Fuchshöhle | — | — | Balve | |
| Dahlmann-Höhle | — | — | Balve | |
| Dachshöhle | — | — | Balve | |
| Burschenhöhle | — | — | Balve | |
| Basteifenster | — | — | Balve |
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Administrative units: © BKG (2026) dl-de/by-2-0 (data sources). Boundaries simplified and reprojected by EspeleoWorld.
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