Riesending Cave

The Riesending Cave is a pit cave in the near , , and , . At 1,148 m it is the deepest and at 19,300 m the longest cave in .
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  • Access is restricted and requires permission.
  • Type: Cave
  • Description: pit cave
  • Also known as: “Riesending cave” and “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Berchtesgadener Hochthron and Stöhrhaus.

Peak
Photo: Milseburg, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Berchtesgaden Hochthron is the highest peak of the massif in the in , , . The summit of the Berchtesgaden Hochthron offers one of the best views of the Berchtesgaden region, because it has…

Mountain hut
Photo: Milseburg, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a mountain hut, which is situated 530 metres southwest of Riesending Cave.

Cave
Photo: Snsurver, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a located in the in , , near the border. The cave belongs to the massif, at 1570 metres above sea level, and is the only ice cave open in Germany. is situated 2½ km northeast of Riesending Cave.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fürstenbrunn and Großgmain.

Village
Photo: GeorgLobendanz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village, which is situated 6 km north of Riesending Cave.

Village
Photo: Nikater, Public domain.
is a municipality in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung in the state of in . is situated 7 km northwest of Riesending Cave.

Village
Photo: Fritzrolf, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a municipality and a village in the district of in in . is situated 7 km west of Riesending Cave.

Riesending Cave

Latitude
47.69703° or 47° 41′ 49″ north
Longitude
12.98472° or 12° 59′ 5″ east
Elevation
1,843 metres (6,047 feet)
Open location code
8FVJMXWM+RV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2518478754
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cave_entrance
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Wiki­data ID
Q1274976
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Riesending Cave” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • Arabic: “كهف ريسيندينغ”
  • Aragonese: “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • Arpitan: “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • Asturian: “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • Basque: “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • Bavarian: “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • Breton: “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • Catalan: “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • Chinese: “里森德洞穴”
  • Corsican: “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • Croatian: “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • Czech: “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • Danish: “Riesending-grotten”
  • Dutch: “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • Esperanto: “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • Estonian: “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • Finnish: “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • French: “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • Friulian: “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • Galician: “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • German: “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • Hungarian: “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • Icelandic: “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • Ido: “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • Indonesian: “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • Interlingua: “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • Interlingue: “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • Irish: “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • Italian: “grotta Riesending”
  • Japanese: “リーゼンディング洞窟”
  • Kongo: “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • Ligurian: “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • Limburgan: “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • Low German: “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • Luxembourgish: “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • Malagasy: “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • Malay: “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • Minangkabau: “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • Narom: “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • Neapolitan: “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Riesendinggrotten”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • Norwegian: “Riesendinggrotten”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • Picard: “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • Piemontese: “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • Polish: “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • Polish: “Riesending”
  • Portuguese: “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • Romanian: “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • Romansh: “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • Sardinian: “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • Scots: “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • Serbian: “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • Sicilian: “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • Slovak: “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • Slovenian: “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • Spanish: “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • Swahili: “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • Swedish: “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • Swiss German: “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • Venetian: “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • Vietnamese: “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • Vlaams: “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • Volapük: “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • Walloon: “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • Welsh: “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • Wolof: “Riesending-Schachthöhle”
  • Zulu: “Riesending-Schachthöhle”

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