Brillenhöhle
The Brillenhöhle is a cave ruin, located 16 km west of Ulm on the Swabian Alb in south-western Germany, where archaeological excavations have documented human habitation since as early as 30,000 years ago.Photo: Thilo Parg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Geissenklösterle and Museum für Urgeschichte und Eiszeitkunst.
Geissenklösterle
Cave
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Geissenklösterle is an archaeological site of significance for the central European Upper Paleolithic, located near the town of Blaubeuren in the Swabian Jura in Baden-Württemberg, southern Germany. Geissenklösterle is situated 1 km southwest of Brillenhöhle.
Museum für Urgeschichte und Eiszeitkunst
Museum
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Museum für Urgeschichte und Eiszeitkunst is situated 1 km northeast of Brillenhöhle.
Ruine Günzelburg
Archaeological site
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Ruine Günzelburg is an archaeological site, which is situated 770 metres northwest of Brillenhöhle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Schelklingen and Ringingen.
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. Schelklingen is situated 4½ km southwest of Brillenhöhle.
Ringingen
Village
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Ringingen is a village, which is situated 7 km south of Brillenhöhle.
Altheim
Village
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Altheim is a municipality in the district of Alb-Donau in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Altheim is situated 9 km south of Brillenhöhle.
Brillenhöhle
- Type: Cave
- Description: cave and archaeological site in Germany
- Categories: archaeological site and landform
- Location: Blaubeuren, Alb-Donau-Kreis, Tübingen Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
48.40539° or 48° 24′ 19″ northLongitude
9.77792° or 9° 46′ 41″ eastOpen location code
8FWFCQ4H+55OpenStreetMap ID
node 324345032OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entranceWikidata ID
Q16830695
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Turkish—“Brillenhöhle” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “برلينهول”
- German: “Brillenhöhle”
- German: “Zwickelhöhle”
- Turkish: “Brillenhöhle”
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Highlights include Kreuzfels and Achtaler Fels.
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