Caves and potholes of Landkreis Berchtesgadener Land
The catalogue of Landkreis Berchtesgadener Land lists 28 caves, including 4 potholes and 22 caves. The longest is Riesending-Schachthöhle (27,300 m).
Length adds each cave once (a system counts once), and depth is that of the deepest cave, canyons excluded. Without length data: 18. Without depth data: 23. Without known lithology: 28.
The 20 longest
| # | Cave | Location | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riesending-Schachthöhle | Bischofswiesen | 27,300 m |
| 2 | Riesending-Schachthöhle | Bischofswiesen | 19,500 m |
| 3 | Salzgrabenhöhle | Schönau a.Königssee | 9,012 m |
| 4 | Salzgrabenhöhle | Schönau a.Königssee | 9,012 m |
| 5 | Eisrohrhöhle-Bammelschacht-System | Schneizlreuth | 7,861 m |
| 6 | Fledermauscanyon | Bischofswiesen | 3,668 m |
| 7 | Schellenberger Eishöhle | Schellenberger Forst | 3,621 m |
| 8 | Schrainbachfall | Schönau a.Königssee | 360 m |
| 9 | Kuhloch | Marktschellenberg | 30 m |
| 10 | Schwarzbachloch | Ramsau b.Berchtesgaden | 10 m |
The 20 deepest
| # | Cave | Location | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riesending-Schachthöhle | Bischofswiesen | 1,149 m |
| 2 | Fledermauscanyon | Bischofswiesen | 891 m |
| 3 | Eisrohrhöhle-Bammelschacht-System | Schneizlreuth | 496 m |
| 4 | Salzgrabenhöhle | Schönau a.Königssee | 399 m |
| 5 | Schellenberger Eishöhle | Schellenberger Forst | 55 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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