Sotzenhauser Heide

Sotzenhauser Heide is a nature reserve in Blaubeuren, Alb-Donau-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg. Sotzenhauser Heide is situated nearby to the hamlet Sotzenhausen (Pappelau), as well as near Steinenfeld.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Hohle Fels and Sirgenstein Cave.

Hohle Fels

Cave

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The Hohle Fels is a cave in the Swabian Jura of Germany 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.

Sirgenstein Cave

Cave

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The small Sirgenstein Cave, 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 Ach River valley bottom in the central Swabian Jura, southern Germany.

Ruine Gleißenburg

Archaeological site

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Ruine Gleißenburg is an archaeological site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Schelklingen and Altheim.

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.