Charlotte Cave
Charlotte Cave is a dripstone cave near Hürben, a district of Giengen, in the Swabian Jura in Baden-Württemberg. The cave is 587 meters long with side passages, lies 487.5 meters above sea level and is probably two and a half to three million years old.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Holger Uwe Schmitt, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Rainer Lippert, Public domain.
- Opening hours:
April—October: Monday—Saturday 9:00 AM—11:30 AM and 1:30 PM—4:30 PM; Sunday and public holidays 9:00 AM—4:30 PM - Type: Cave
- Description: cave
- Also known as: “Charlottenhohle” and “Charlottenhöhle”
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kaltenburg Castle and Hürbe-Ursprung.
Kaltenburg Castle
Ruins
Photo: Dark Avenger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kaltenburg Castle is a ruined castle, located in the Lonetal between the cities of Giengen and Niederstotzingen in the district of Heidenheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Kaltenburg Castle is situated 360 metres southeast of Charlotte Cave.
Hürbe-Ursprung
Spring
Photo: Freak-Line-Community, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hürbe-Ursprung is a spring, which is situated 1¼ km north of Charlotte Cave.
Vogelherd Cave
Cave
Photo: Thilo Parg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Vogelherd Cave is located in the eastern Swabian Jura, south-western Germany. This limestone karst cave came to scientific and public attention after the 1931 discovery of the Upper Palaeolithic Vogelherd figurines, attributed to paleo-humans of the Aurignacian culture. Vogelherd Cave is situated 3 km south of Charlotte Cave.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eselsburg Castle and Hermaringen.
Eselsburg Castle
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Eselsburg Castle is a levelled castle located above the town of Herbrechtingen in the Heidenheim district of Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Eselsburg Castle is situated 2½ km northwest of Charlotte Cave.
Hermaringen
Village
Photo: Landwirt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hermaringen is a municipality in the district of Heidenheim in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. Hermaringen is known as the birthplace of Georg Elser, who tried to assassinate Adolf Hitler on 8 November 1939. Hermaringen is situated 4 km east of Charlotte Cave.
Herbrechtingen
Town
Photo: Prolineserver, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Herbrechtingen is a town in the district of Heidenheim in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is situated on the river Brenz, 7 km south of Heidenheim, and 28 km northeast of Ulm. Herbrechtingen is situated 5 km northwest of Charlotte Cave.
Charlotte Cave
- Categories: show cave, natural monument in Germany, tourism, tourist attraction, and landform
- Location: Giengen, Heidenheim, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
48.58356° or 48° 35′ 1″ northLongitude
10.20798° or 10° 12′ 29″ eastElevation
528 metres (1,732 feet)Open location code
8FWGH6M5+C5OpenStreetMap ID
node 310951057OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entranceOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=no
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to German—“Charlotte Cave” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Charlottenhöhle”
- French: “grotte Charlotte”
- French: “grotte de Charlotte”
- French: “Grotte de Charlotte”
- German: “Charlottenhöhle”
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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 “Charlotte Cave”. Photo: Holger Uwe Schmitt, CC BY-SA 4.0.