Danube Sinkhole

The Danube Sinkhole is an incipient underground stream capture in the Upper Danube Nature Park. Between Immendingen and Möhringen and also near Fridingen, the water of the Danube sinks into the riverbed in various places.

Photo: Markus Schweiß, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Immendingen station and Höwenegg.

Immendingen station

Railway station

Immendingen station

Photo: Donautalbahner, CC BY 3.0.

Immendingen station is a junction station in Immendingen in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. The Black Forest Railway from Offenburg to Konstanz connects with the Danube Valley Railway from Donaueschingen to Ulm meet at the station. Immendingen station is situated 2 km west of Danube Sinkhole.

Höwenegg

Volcano

Photo: ANKAWÜ, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Höwenegg is a mountain of volcanic origin in the Hegau region of southern Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Höwenegg

Nature reserve

Photo: Waithamai, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Höwenegg is a nature reserve.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Koppenland and Stetten.

Koppenland

Suburb

Photo: Donautalbahner, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.

Koppenland is a suburb, which is situated 6 km northeast of Danube Sinkhole.

Stetten

Village

Photo: Flodur63, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Stetten is a village, which is situated 7 km southwest of Danube Sinkhole.

Emmingen ab Egg

Village

Emmingen ab Egg

Photo: Prekario, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Emmingen ab Egg is a village, which is situated 7 km east of Danube Sinkhole.

Danube Sinkhole

Type: Sinkhole
Description: sinkholes seeping water from the Danube for about half the year, and transferring a part of them to the Aachtopf
Categories: stream capture, tourism, tourist attraction, and landform
Location: Immendingen, Tuttlingen, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

47.92939° or 47° 55′ 46″ north

Longitude

8.75736° or 8° 45′ 27″ east

Open location code

8FVCWQH4+QW

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=sinkhole

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=attraction

Wikidata ID

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Danube Sinkhole” goes by many names.

Chinese: “多瑙河坑洞”
Chinese: “多瑙河天坑”
Chinese: “多瑙河陷落”
Croatian: “Poniranje Dunava”
Czech: “Propadání Dunaje”
Dutch: “Donauversickerung”
Dutch: “Donauversinkung”
French: “Donauversinkung”
French: “pertes du Danube”
French: “Pertes du Danube”
German: “Donauversickerung”
German: “Donauversinkung”
German: “Schwarze Donau”
Japanese: “ドナウ川浸透”
Luxembourgish: “Donauversickerung”
Polish: “Ponory Dunaju”
Slovak: “Presakovanie Dunaja”
Spanish: “Donauversickerung”
Spanish: “Sumidero del Danubio”
Swiss German: “Dueneversickerig”
Tosk Albanian: “Donauversickerung”
Ukrainian: “Дунайські понори”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include AMC Tuttlingen e.V. and Skateplatz.

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