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Baden-Württemberg

Burkhardt's Cave Ruins

Baden-Württemberg

Burkhardt's Cave Ruins

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Burkhardt's Cave Ruins

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This Highlight is in a protected area

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Geopark Schwäbische Alb

Location: Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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Martin Schreiner

January 2, 2021

Hiking

The Burkhardtshöhle named after the discoverer of the cave was also a very large cave with many prehistoric finds. During the Second World War it was used as an ammunition store and was blown up in 1945. Hence only the large field of rubble.

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May 24, 2021

Hiking

Many walk past it on the way to Schertelshöhe...
Read the sign, very interesting...

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August 22, 2026

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The Burkhardtshöhle is a destroyed karst cave and an important archaeological site of the Magdalenian period on the northern edge of the Central Swabian Jura near Westerheim. Named after a local historian, it was discovered in 1933 and reduced to a cave ruin in 1945 by a military explosion.

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Elevation 780 m

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Location: Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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