Atta Cave
The Atta Cave or Attendorn Dripstone Cave in Attendorn is one of the largest dripstone caves in Germany. The cave was discovered during the quarrying of limestone at the Bigge Valley Limestone Works on 19 July 1907 and was opened up by the owners to tourists that same year.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Rainer Lippert, Public domain.
- Type: Cave
- Description: dripstone cave in Germany
- Also known as: “Attahöhle”, “Tropfsteinhoehle”, and “Tropfsteinhöhle”
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Attendorn station and Schnellenberg Castle.
Attendorn station
Railway station
Photo: Stefan Flöper, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Attendorn station is a railway station in the municipality of Attendorn, located in the Olpe district in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Attendorn station is situated 460 metres west of Atta Cave.
Schnellenberg Castle
Castle
Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Schnellenberg Castle is a hilltop fortress in the Olpe district between the Biggesee and Attendorn in the district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is a prominent high-altitude castle overlooking the Biggetal valley. Schnellenberg Castle is situated 750 metres east of Atta Cave.
Hospitalkirche Attendorn
Church
Photo: Bärwinkel,Klaus, CC BY 3.0.
Hospitalkirche Attendorn is a church, which is situated 670 metres west of Atta Cave.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Attendorn and Repe.
Attendorn
Town
Photo: Freak1987, Public domain.
The Hanseatic town of Attendorn is a medium-sized district town in North Rhine-Westphalia in the Olpe district in the southern Sauerland region with 25,089 inhabitants.
Atta Cave
- Categories: show cave, dripstone cave, tourism, tourist attraction, and landform
- Location: Attendorn, Olpe, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
51.12547° or 51° 7′ 32″ northLongitude
7.915° or 7° 54′ 54″ eastElevation
408 metres (1,339 feet)Open location code
9F394WG7+5XOpenStreetMap ID
node 194177073OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entranceOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=no
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Atta Cave” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كهف أتا”
- Armenian: “Ատտա քարանձավ”
- Dutch: “Attagrot”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كهف اطا”
- French: “Grotte Atta”
- French: “grotte d’Atta”
- German: “Atta-Höhle”
- German: “Attendorner Tropfsteinhöhle”
- Italian: “Grotta di Atta”
- Japanese: “アッタ洞窟”
- Russian: “Атта”
- Spanish: “cueva Atta”
- Spanish: “Cueva Atta”
- Spanish: “Cueva de estalactitas Attendorn”
- Ukrainian: “Атта”
- Vietnamese: “Hang Atta”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Atta Cave”. Photo: Rainer Lippert, Public domain.