Sirgenstein

Sirgenstein is a climbing site in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Sirgenstein is situated nearby to the pitch Hundetrainingsplatz, as well as near the climbing site Untere Peilerwand.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sirgenstein Cave and Sirgenstein Castle.

Sirgenstein Cave

Cave

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The small Sirgenstein Cave, German: Sirgensteinhöhle is situated 565 m above sea level inside the 20 m high Sirgenstein, a limestone rock. The cave sits 35 m above the Ach River valley bottom in the central Swabian Jura, southern Germany.

Sirgenstein Castle

Castle

Sirgenstein Castle is a ruined castle on rock, over twenty metres high, with a cave inhabited in the Stone Age, the Sirgenstein, between the town of Blaubeuren and hamlet of Schelklingen in Alb-Donau-Kreis in Baden-Württemberg.

Hohle Fels

Cave

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The Hohle Fels is a cave in the Swabian Jura of Germany that has yielded a number of important archaeological finds dating from the Upper Paleolithic. Artifacts found in the cave represent some of the earliest examples of prehistoric art and musical instruments ever discovered. Hohle Fels is situated 1 km southwest of Sirgenstein.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Schelklingen and Blaubeuren.

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.

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. Blaubeuren is situated 3½ km northeast of Sirgenstein.