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
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.
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
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
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.92939° or 47° 55′ 46″ northLongitude
8.75736° or 8° 45′ 27″ eastOpen location code
8FVCWQH4+QWOpenStreetMap ID
node 277623691OpenStreetMap feature
natural=sinkholeOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q542495
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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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