Caves of Breitscheid
Breitscheid has 8 catalogued caves, including 8 caves. The longest is Herbstlabyrinth - Adventhöhle-System (13,183 m) and the deepest is Erdbachhöhle (96 m).
Length adds each cave once (a system counts once), and depth is that of the deepest cave, canyons excluded. Without length data: 6. Without depth data: 6. Without known lithology: 8.
The 20 longest
| # | Cave | Location | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Herbstlabyrinth - Adventhöhle-System | Breitscheid, Lahn-Dill-Kreis | 13,183 m |
| 2 | Erdbachhöhle | Breitscheid, Lahn-Dill-Kreis | 1,800 m |
The 20 deepest
| # | Cave | Location | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Erdbachhöhle | Breitscheid, Lahn-Dill-Kreis | 96 m |
| 2 | Herbstlabyrinth - Adventhöhle-System | Breitscheid, Lahn-Dill-Kreis | 92 m |
Map
Name↕ | Length↓ | Depth↕ | Municipality↕ | Region↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herbstlabyrinth - Adventhöhle-System | 13,183 meters | 92 meters | Breitscheid | |
| Erdbachhöhle | 1,800 meters | 96 meters | Breitscheid | |
| Steinbruchgrund | — | — | Breitscheid | |
| Kolb-Spalte | — | — | Breitscheid | |
| kleine Steinkammer | — | — | Breitscheid | |
| kleine Steinkammer | — | — | Breitscheid | |
| große Steinkammer | — | — | Breitscheid | |
| Benderstollen | — | — | Breitscheid |
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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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