Blautopf
The Blautopf is a spring that is considered the source of the river Blau in the karst landscape on the Swabian Jura's southern edge. It is located in Blaubeuren, Alb-Donau-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Alexander-93, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Blauhöhle and Burg Blauenstein.
Blauhöhle
Cave
Photo: Warden, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Blauhöhle is the largest known cave system in the Swabian Alps in southern Germany. The Blauhöhle presumably originated in a time when the Danube still flowed through the Blau valley.
Burg Blauenstein
Archaeological site
Photo: Franzfoto, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Burg Blauenstein is an archaeological site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Blaubeuren and Schelklingen.
Blaubeuren
Town
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Blaubeuren is a town in the district of Alb-Donau near Ulm in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. As of December 2007 it had 11,963 inhabitants.
Schelklingen
Village
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Schelklingen is a town in the district of Alb-Donau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It is situated 10 km north of Ehingen, and 20 km west of Ulm. Schelklingen and 82% of its territory form part of the Swabian Jura Biosphere Reserve. Schelklingen is situated 6 km southwest of Blautopf.
Ringingen
Village
Photo: Reutlingendorf, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ringingen is a village, which is situated 8 km south of Blautopf.
Blautopf
- Type: Body of water
- Description: karst source of the river Blau in Germany
- Categories: spring, geotope, and natural monument in Germany
- Location: Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
48.41615° or 48° 24′ 58″ northLongitude
9.78414° or 9° 47′ 3″ eastElevation
674 metres (2,211 feet)Open location code
8FWFCQ8M+FMOpenStreetMap ID
way 25531177OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=stream_poolGeoNames ID
2947906Wikidata ID
Q267777
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Blautopf” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بلوتوبف”
- Bavarian: “Blautopf”
- Cebuano: “Blautopf”
- Chinese: “布劳托普夫泉”
- Croatian: “Blautopf”
- Danish: “Blautopf”
- Dutch: “Blautopf”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بلوتوبف”
- French: “Blautopf”
- German: “Blautopf”
- Indonesian: “Blautopf”
- Italian: “Blautopf”
- Japanese: “ブラウトップ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Blautopf”
- Russian: “Блаутопф”
- Spanish: “Blautopf”
- Swedish: “Blautopf”
- Swiss German: “Bloodopf”
- Tosk Albanian: “Blautopf”
- Ukrainian: “Блаутопф”
- Vietnamese: “Blautopf”
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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 “Blautopf”. Photo: Alexander-93, CC BY-SA 4.0.