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A very beautiful landscape

It is a small, natural opening in the rock through which water flows into the underground cave system. The name "swallow hole" comes from the idea that this is where the water is "swallowed". The area around the swallow hole is part of a hiking trail and visitors can watch the water disappear into the hole. However, access to the cave system is not permitted for safety reasons.

The Mystery Grotto is located near Neuhaus an der Pegnitz and is part of the Karst Hiking Trail. The name of the grotto comes from a legend that tells of the "White Lady". This legend says that the cursed soul of Countess Kunigunde von Leuchtenburg, who lived in the 13th century, is said to appear in the grotto as a restless spirit. The grotto is about 12 meters wide and 16 meters long and offers an impressive hall. Beautiful ice formations can be admired, especially in winter. The entrance to the grotto is partially walled up and closed in winter during the bat protection period. The grotto is only accessible from April to September.

The Distlergrotte, also known as Finstermühlhöhle, is a karst cave near Neuhaus an der Pegnitz. The cave has a total length of about 90 meters and is constructed as a descending system of floors with crevices and small halls. It contains sinter groups, moon milk and ceiling potholes. The entrance is partially walled up and closed with an iron bar in winter during the bat protection period. The cave is only accessible between April 1 and September 30. Ice Age animal bones of mammoth, woolly rhinoceros, cave bear, hill hyena, reindeer, red deer, wild horse, bison and ancient cattle have been found in the cave.

"A ponor (from South Slavic) - also known as a swallow hole, Schwalgloch (in Westphalian), sinkhole, Bachschwinde, katavothra (modern Greek καταβόθρα) or gully - is an opening in the surface of the land through which a flowing or standing body of water drains off and continues to flow underground. The ponor is a typical karst phenomenon that occurs in many regions of the world and therefore often occurs in regions whose subsoil consists of limestone. Sink holes that lie in the karst funnels typical of karst areas are called ponordolines." https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponor#:~:text=Der%20Ponor%20ist%20eine%20typische,liegen%2C%20werden%20als%20Ponordolinen%20bezeichnet.

Interesting cave. One could descend to a cave lake with proper gear.

The entrance lies beautifully in the midst of the stately rocks. The cave itself is actually rather small at around 12 meters in diameter. Rather, it owes its charm to the mysterious entrance, which at first seems to duck away from the visitor. And the legend to which the name Mysteriengrotte goes back is, thanks to the scary factor, an additional mood factor. Because this is where the “White Woman” is supposed to appear again and again. And this legend even has a true origin. Because the "White Woman" is said to be the cursed soul of Countess Kunigunde von Leuchtenburg, who lived at the foot of the Plassenburg in the 13th century. She murdered her two children, believing that the infants would stand in the way of her remarriage to Albrecht the Handsome, Burgrave of Nuremberg. Despite extensive penance in later, still unmarried days and the founding of a monastery, which she presided over as abbess, her restless spirit is said to have haunted the Mystery Grotto since her death.

Nothing for fat people. may they still be so nice. Challenging shafts. Nothing works without a rope. Sandy, slippery, exciting.