Gütmanis (Gutmann) Cave

Gutman's Cave is the widest and highest in the Baltic countries, located by the Gauja River in the area known as the ancient Gauja valley in the Gauja National Park near , .
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: cave in Latvia
  • Also known as: “Gutman’s Cave” and “Gutmanis Cave”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Krimuldas castle and Sigulda Castle.

Castle
Photo: Lazdynas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Krimulda Castle is located just outside , in the region of and is a tourist attraction. The castle dates from the 14th century and was destroyed in a war in 1601.

Manor estate
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, also known as Sigulda New Castle, is a castle in , in the region of . It was built in 1878 in the Neo-Gothic style as a residence for the owners of the manor, the Kropotkin family.

Castle
Photo: Draceane, CC BY-SA 4.0.
ruins are located on the edge of the Gauja valley in the region of . The original castle was built in 1207 as a castellum type fortress, later rebuilt into a convent type building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Krimulda Manor and Turaida.

Locality
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is a locality.

Village
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is a village.

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is administratively in the , however culturally a part of the Vidzeme region. It is a resort town just over an hour from Riga by train, featuring a wooded river valley containing forest walks, cable car, bobsleigh track, three castles and a former times rehabilitation centre featuring a hostel, all of which is manageable as a day visitor on foot.

Gütmanis (Gutmann) Cave

Latitude
57.1762° or 57° 10′ 34″ north
Longitude
24.84236° or 24° 50′ 33″ east
Open location code
9G965RGR+FW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 249778754
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cave_entrance
Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q263710
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Gütmanis (Gutmann) Cave” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كهف جوتمانيس”
  • Armenian: “Գուտմանյա քարանձավ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qutman mağarası”
  • Bashkir: “Гутмань мәмерйәһе”
  • Belarusian: “Гутманя”
  • Bulgarian: “Гутманя”
  • Danish: “Gutmanhulen”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كهف جوتمانيس”
  • Estonian: “Gutmani koobas”
  • French: “Grotte Gutmanis (Gutmann)”
  • French: “Grotte Gutmanis”
  • French: “Gutmanis”
  • Georgian: “გუტმანის გამოქვაბული”
  • German: “Gutmannshöhle”
  • Hungarian: “Gutman-barlang”
  • Japanese: “グートゥマニャ洞穴”
  • Kazakh: “Гутман үңгірі”
  • Latvian: “Gūtmaņa ala”
  • Lithuanian: “Gutmanio ola”
  • Macedonian: “Гутманска пештера”
  • Macedonian: “Гутманска Пештера”
  • Polish: “Jaskinia Gutmana”
  • Polish: “Jaskinia Gutmanna (Gutmanisa)”
  • Romanian: “Peștera Gutmanis”
  • Russian: “Пещера Гутманя”
  • Slovenian: “Gutmanova jama”
  • Spanish: “Cueva de Gutmanis (Gutmann)”
  • Spanish: “Cueva de Gutmanis”
  • Ukrainian: “Гутманя”

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