Riesending Cave
The Riesending Cave is a pit cave in the Untersberg near Berchtesgaden, Germany, and Salzburg, Austria. At 1,148 m it is the deepest and at 19,300 m the longest cave in Germany.Access is restricted and requires permission.
- Cave
- …lies at an elevation of 1,843 metres (6,047 feet)
- …is also known as “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
- …is not wheelchair accessible
- Description: pit cave
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Berchtesgadener Hochthron and Stöhrhaus.
Berchtesgadener Hochthron
The Berchtesgaden Hochthron is the highest peak of the…
Schellenberg Ice Cave
The Schellenberg Ice Cave is a cave located in the… Schellenberg Ice Cave is situated 2½ km northeast of Riesending Cave.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Marktschellenberg and Hangender Stein.
Marktschellenberg
Marktschellenberg is a municipality in the district of Berchtesgadener Land in Bavaria in Germany. Marktschellenberg is situated 4½ km east of Riesending Cave.
Hangender Stein
Hangender Stein is a locality, which is situated 5 km northeast of Riesending Cave.
Fürstenbrunn
Fürstenbrunn is a village, which is situated 6 km north of Riesending Cave.
Riesending Cave
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Latitude
47.69703° or 47° 41′ 49″ north
Longitude
12.98472° or 12° 59′ 5″ east
Open location code
8FVJMXWM+RV
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entrance
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Riesending Cave” goes by many names.
Riesending-SchachthöhleAfrikaans
كهف ريسيندينغArabic
Riesending-SchachthöhleAragonese
Riesending-SchachthöhleArpitan
Riesending-SchachthöhleAsturian
Riesending-SchachthöhleBasque
Riesending-SchachthöhleBavarian
Riesending-SchachthöhleBreton
Riesending-SchachthöhleCatalan
里森德洞穴Chinese
Riesending-SchachthöhleCorsican
Riesending-SchachthöhleCroatian
Riesending-SchachthöhleCzech
Riesending-grottenDanish
Riesending-SchachthöhleDutch
Riesending-SchachthöhleEsperanto
Riesending-SchachthöhleEstonian
Riesending-SchachthöhleFinnish
Riesending-SchachthöhleFriulian
Riesending-SchachthöhleGalician
Riesending-SchachthöhleHungarian
Riesending-SchachthöhleIcelandic
Riesending-SchachthöhleIdo
Riesending-SchachthöhleIndonesian
Riesending-SchachthöhleInterlingua
Riesending-SchachthöhleInterlingue
Riesending-SchachthöhleIrish
grotta RiesendingItalian
リーゼンディング洞窟Japanese
Riesending-SchachthöhleJèrriais
Riesending-SchachthöhleKongo
Riesending-SchachthöhleLigurian
Riesending-SchachthöhleLimburgan
Riesending-SchachthöhleLow German
Riesending-SchachthöhleLuxembourgish
Riesending-SchachthöhleMalagasy
Riesending-SchachthöhleMalay
Riesending-SchachthöhleMinangkabau
Riesending-SchachthöhleNeapolitan
RiesendinggrottenNorwegian
RiesendinggrottenNorwegian Bokmål
Riesending-SchachthöhleNorwegian Nynorsk
Riesending-SchachthöhleOccitan (post 1500)
Riesending-SchachthöhlePicard
Riesending-SchachthöhlePiemontese
RiesendingPolish
Riesending-SchachthöhlePolish
Riesending-SchachthöhleRomanian
Riesending-SchachthöhleRomansh
Riesending-SchachthöhleSardinian
Riesending-SchachthöhleScots
Riesending-SchachthöhleScottish Gaelic
Riesending-SchachthöhleSerbian
Riesending-SchachthöhleSicilian
Riesending-SchachthöhleSlovak
Riesending-SchachthöhleSlovenian
Riesending-SchachthöhleSwahili
Riesending-SchachthöhleSwedish
Riesending-SchachthöhleSwiss German
Riesending-SchachthöhleVenetian
Riesending-SchachthöhleVietnamese
Riesending-SchachthöhleVlaams
Riesending-SchachthöhleVolapük
Riesending-SchachthöhleWalloon
Riesending-SchachthöhleWelsh
Riesending-SchachthöhleWolof
Riesending-SchachthöhleZulu
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