Hohle Fels

The Hohle Fels is a in the of 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.
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  • Opening hours:
    May—October: Wednesday—Friday 2:00 PM—5:00 PM; Saturday noon—5:00 PM and May—October Sunday 11:00 AM—5:00 PM
  • Type: Cave
  • Description: cave in Germany
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sirgenstein Cave and Sirgenstein Castle.

Cave
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The small , 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 valley bottom in the central , southern Germany. is situated 1 km northeast of Hohle Fels.

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 and hamlet of in in . is situated 1 km northeast of Hohle Fels.

Railway station
Photo: Olga Ernst, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a railway station, which is situated 1½ km southwest of Hohle Fels.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Schelklingen and Blaubeuren.

Village
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is a town in the district of Alb-Donau in in . It is situated 10 km north of , and 20 km west of . and 82% of its territory form part of the Swabian Jura Biosphere Reserve.

Town
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is a town in the district of Alb-Donau near in , . As of December 2007 it had 11,963 inhabitants. is situated 4½ km northeast of Hohle Fels.

Village
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is a municipality in the district of Alb-Donau in , . is situated 6 km south of Hohle Fels.

Hohle Fels

Latitude
48.37924° or 48° 22′ 45″ north
Longitude
9.75402° or 9° 45′ 15″ east
Open location code
8FWF9QH3+MJ
Open­Street­Map ID
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
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Wiki­data ID
Q875927
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Hohle Fels” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “هوهل فيلس”
  • Cebuano: “Hohler Fels”
  • Chinese: “空石岩洞”
  • Czech: “Hohle Fels”
  • Dutch: “Hohle Fels”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “هوهل فيلس”
  • Esperanto: “Hohle Fels”
  • French: “Hohle Fels”
  • German: “Hohle Fels”
  • German: “Hohlefels”
  • German: “Hohler Fels”
  • Greek: “Χόλε Φελς”
  • Hebrew: “הולר פלס”
  • Japanese: “ホーレ・フェルス”
  • Japanese: “ホーレ・フェルス洞窟”
  • Kotava: “Hohle Fels (arula)”
  • Kotava: “Hohle Fels”
  • Macedonian: “Холе Фелс”
  • Polish: “Hohle Fels”
  • Russian: “Холе-Фельс”
  • Spanish: “Hohle Fels”
  • Swedish: “Hohle Fels”
  • Turkish: “Hohle Fels”

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