Caves and potholes of Germany by state

Places in Germany with caves in the EspeleoWorld catalogue.

states: 13
caves: 2,020
total length: 262.0 km

Bayern

127.7 km

1,149m

🏆 Longest: Riesending-Schachthöhle (27,300m)

⬇️ Deepest: Riesending-Schachthöhle (1,149m)

Baden-Württemberg

72.1 km

376m

🏆 Longest: Vetterhöhle (18,754m)

⬇️ Deepest: Maurushöhle (376m)

Nordrhein-Westfalen

29.2 km

92m

🏆 Longest: Kluterthöhle (8,852m)

⬇️ Deepest: Hollenloch (92m)

Sachsen

760 m

10m

🏆 Longest: Drachenhöhle (550m)

⬇️ Deepest: Diebshöhle (10m)

Rheinland-Pfalz

695.10 m

80m

🏆 Longest: Nebelhöhle (650m)

⬇️ Deepest: Nebelhöhle (80m)

Thüringen

4.1 km

33m

🏆 Longest: Altensteiner Höhle (1,960m)

⬇️ Deepest: Goetz-Höhle - Eingang (33m)

Niedersachsen

735 m

🏆 Longest: Schillat-Höhle (400m)

Sachsen-Anhalt

3.9 km

600m

🏆 Longest: Heimkehle (2,000m)

⬇️ Deepest: Baumannshöhle (600m)

Hessen

15.2 km

96m

🏆 Longest: Herbstlabyrinth - Adventhöhle-System (13,183m)

⬇️ Deepest: Erdbachhöhle (96m)

Saarland

5.2 km

🏆 Longest: Schlossberghöhlen (5,000m)

Brandenburg

3 caves

Schleswig-Holstein

2.4 km

🏆 Longest: Segeberger Kalkberghöhle (2,360m)

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

1 cave

Administrative units: © BKG (2026) dl-de/by-2-0 (data sources). Boundaries simplified and reprojected by EspeleoWorld.