Bear’s Cave
Bear's Cave is a tourist cave in Sonnenbühl, Germany. It is named after the numerous cave bear skeletons found there, that likely inhabited the site 20,000 years ago.Photo: Ramessos, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Opening hours:
9:00 AM—5:30 PM
March: Saturday, Sunday, and public holidays 9:00 AM—5:00 PM
November: Saturday, Sunday, and public holidays 9:00 AM—5:00 PM
December—February: closed - Email: info@sonnenbuehl.de
- Type: Cave
- Description: cave in Germany
- Also known as: “Karl’s Cave” and “Karlshöhle and Bärenhöhle”
- Address: Bärenhöhle, Sonnenbühl, 72820
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Erpfquelle and Burg Hohenerpfingen.
Erpfquelle
Spring
Photo: Freak-Line-Community, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Erpfquelle is a spring, which is situated 2½ km southwest of Bear’s Cave.
Burg Hohenerpfingen
Ruins
Photo: Oliver L. 74, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Burg Hohenerpfingen is a ruins, which is situated 3½ km southwest of Bear’s Cave.
Haidkapelle station
Railway station
Photo: Triefeline, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Haidkapelle station is a railway station, which is situated 3½ km east of Bear’s Cave.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Genkingen and Honau.
Genkingen
Village
Photo: Imehling, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Genkingen is a village, which is situated 4½ km northwest of Bear’s Cave.
Honau
Village
Photo: Giftzwerg 88, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Honau is a village, which is situated 6 km northeast of Bear’s Cave.
Trochtelfingen
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Trochtelfingen is a town in the district of Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 20 km south of Reutlingen. Trochtelfingen is situated 7 km south of Bear’s Cave.
Bear’s Cave
- Categories: show cave, natural monument in Germany, tourism, tourist attraction, and landform
- Location: Sonnenbühl, Reutlingen, Tübingen Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
48.37072° or 48° 22′ 15″ northLongitude
9.21512° or 9° 12′ 54″ eastOpen location code
8FWF96C8+72OpenStreetMap ID
node 277793446OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entranceOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q880386
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In Other Languages
From German to Tosk Albanian—“Bear’s Cave” goes by many names.
- German: “Bärenhöhle”
- German: “Erpfinger Höhle”
- German: “Karls- und Bärenhöhle”
- German: “Karlshöhle”
- Swedish: “Bärenhöhle”
- Swiss German: “Bärenhöhle”
- Tosk Albanian: “Bärenhöhle”
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