Caves and potholes of Landkreis Amberg-Sulzbach
The catalogue of Landkreis Amberg-Sulzbach lists 98 caves, including 1 pothole and 95 caves. The longest is Höhle bei Steinamwasser (530 m).
Length adds each cave once (a system counts once), and depth is that of the deepest cave, canyons excluded. Without length data: 89. Without depth data: 98. Without known lithology: 98.
The 20 longest
| # | Cave | Location | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Höhle bei Steinamwasser | Auerbach i.d.OPf. | 530 m |
| 2 | Spalthöhle am Starenfels | Etzelwang | 150 m |
| 3 | Höhle Felslindl | Auerbach i.d.OPf. | 110 m |
| 4 | Appelshöhle | Neukirchen b.Sulzbach-Rosenberg | 80 m |
| 5 | Neutrasfelsen | Etzelwang | 80 m |
| 6 | Abschnittsbefestigung Kuhfels | Illschwang | 40 m |
| 7 | Osterloch | Illschwang | 25 m |
| 8 | Höhle A269 | Neukirchen b.Sulzbach-Rosenberg | 20 m |
| 9 | Vogelherdgrotte | Auerbach i.d.OPf. | 18 m |
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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.
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