Bing Cave
The Bing Cave or Binghöhle is a limestone show cave in Wiesenttal, Bavaria, Germany. It was discovered in 1905 by the industrialist, poet, memoirist, and amateur naturalist Ignaz Bing, co-founder with his brother Adolf Bing of the Gebruder Bing toy and household goods company in Nürnberg.
- Type: Cave
- Description: show cave in Germany
- Also known as: “Binghoehle”, “Binghöhle”, “Cultural heritage D-4-6133-0150 in Wiesenttal”, and “Streitberger Höhle”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Streitburg Castle and Schwammkalkfelsen Streitburg bei Streitberg.
Streitburg Castle
Castle
The ruins of Streitburg Castle (German: Burgruine Streitburg or Streitberg Castle are the remains of a high mediaeval aristocratic castle above the village of Streitberg, in the market borough of Wiesenttal in the Upper Franconian county of Forchheim in the German state of Bavaria. Streitburg Castle is situated 370 metres east of Bing Cave.
Schwammkalkfelsen Streitburg bei Streitberg
Trinity church (Streitberg)
Church
Trinity church (Streitberg) is situated 380 metres east of Bing Cave.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Streitberg and Niederfellendorf.
Bing Cave
- Categories: show cave, geotope, horizontal cave, natural monument in Germany, and landform
- Location: Wiesenttal, Forchheim, Upper Franconia, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
49.81203° or 49° 48′ 43″ north
Longitude
11.21588° or 11° 12′ 57″ east
Elevation
380 metres (1,247 feet)
Open location code
8FXHR668+R9
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entrance
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Satellite Map
Discover Bing Cave from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Bing Cave” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Binghöhle”
- Arabic: “كهف بنج”
- Aragonese: “Binghöhle”
- Arpitan: “Binghöhle”
- Asturian: “Binghöhle”
- Basque: “Binghöhle”
- Bavarian: “Binghöhle”
- Breton: “Binghöhle”
- Catalan: “Binghöhle”
- Corsican: “Binghöhle”
- Croatian: “Binghöhle”
- Czech: “Bingova jeskyně”
- Danish: “Binghöhle”
- Dutch: “Binghöhle”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كهف بنج”
- Esperanto: “Binghöhle”
- Estonian: “Binghöhle”
- Finnish: “Binghöhle”
- French: “Binghöhle”
- Friulian: “Binghöhle”
- Galician: “Binghöhle”
- German: “Binghöhle”
- German: “Bodendenkmal D-4-6133-0150 in Wiesenttal im Ortsteil Streitberg”
- Hungarian: “Binghöhle”
- Icelandic: “Binghöhle”
- Ido: “Binghöhle”
- Indonesian: “Binghöhle”
- Interlingua: “Binghöhle”
- Interlingue: “Binghöhle”
- Irish: “Binghöhle”
- Italian: “Binghöhle”
- Kongo: “Binghöhle”
- Ligurian: “Binghöhle”
- Limburgan: “Binghöhle”
- Low German: “Binghöhle”
- Luxembourgish: “Binghöhle”
- Malagasy: “Binghöhle”
- Malay: “Binghöhle”
- Minangkabau: “Binghöhle”
- Narom: “Binghöhle”
- Neapolitan: “Binghöhle”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Binghöhle”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Binghöhle”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Binghöhle”
- Persian: “بینگهوله”
- Picard: “Binghöhle”
- Piemontese: “Binghöhle”
- Polish: “Binghöhle”
- Portuguese: “Binghöhle”
- Romanian: “Binghöhle”
- Romanian: “Peştera bing”
- Romanian: “Peştera Bing”
- Romanian: “Peștera bing”
- Romanian: “Peștera Bing”
- Romansh: “Binghöhle”
- Sardinian: “Binghöhle”
- Scots: “Binghöhle”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Binghöhle”
- Serbian: “Binghöhle”
- Sicilian: “Binghöhle”
- Slovak: “Binghöhle”
- Slovenian: “Binghöhle”
- Spanish: “Binghöhle”
- Swahili: “Binghöhle”
- Swedish: “Binghöhle”
- Swiss German: “Binghöhle”
- Venetian: “Binghöhle”
- Vietnamese: “Binghöhle”
- Vlaams: “Binghöhle”
- Volapük: “Binghöhle”
- Walloon: “Binghöhle”
- Welsh: “Binghöhle”
- Wolof: “Binghöhle”
- Zulu: “Binghöhle”
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