Falkensteiner Cave – Kaltental Lake loop from Grabenstetten

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Falkensteiner Cave – Kaltental Lake loop from Grabenstetten

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Falkensteiner Cave – Kaltental Lake loop from Grabenstetten

03:03

10.4km

240m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: September 25, 2026

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Geopark Schwäbische Alb

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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132 m

Heidengraben Information Board

Highlight • Monument

Around 100 BC, the largest settlement of the prehistoric period in Central Europe, the Heidengraben, was built on the Vordere Alb. With a total area of almost 1700 hectares, the …

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1.17 km

Falkensteiner Cave

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The Falkenstein Cave, located between Grabenstetten and Bad Urach, is an active water cave in the Swabian Alb. The Elsach River flows through it, emerging from the karst here. Entrance …

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4.99 km

Kaltental Pond

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Beautiful landscape, somewhat secluded, therefore quiet and tranquil. Lovely view of the lakes with benches for taking in the tranquility of the landscape.

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5.26 km

Kaltental Lake

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If it has freshly snowed in winter and you are looking for a little peace and quiet, this is the right place.

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5.40 km

Bench With a View of the Kaltenbachweiher

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The circumnavigation of the Kaltentalweiher from the campsite is a very scenic little jogging circuit of approx. 4 kilometers

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5.57 km

Kaltentalhäusle (Villa Hügel)

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The imposing little house was built in 1884 in an exposed location. A detailed information board was put up for better understanding. The little house is locked, but you can …

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6.17 km

Kohlteichweiher

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A small pond shared today by two drakes. It was a great observation from the only bench set up on the bank.

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7.77 km

An exciting place with a lot of history 🏛️, where you can well understand the dimensions of the Celtic site 🌿; the information boards provide a good insight and make the tour particularly interesting 🚶‍♂️.

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10.4 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.20 km

841 m

717 m

320 m

265 m

Surfaces

4.82 km

2.02 km

1.30 km

1.07 km

525 m

511 m

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Elevation

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Highest point (710 m)

Lowest point (500 m)

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Sunday 11 October

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Comments

September 23, 2024,Falkensteiner Höhle Runde

Run, see, be amazed.

From the car park, down the serpentines, I first came to the Falkensteiner Cave. A real highlight of the tour, not least because I already had the honor of taking part in a tour into the mountain.

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June 14, 2026,Kaltentalsee - Lauereckfels - Falkensteiner Höhle - Runde von Pfählhof 14.06.2026

Today's tour started at the free hiking parking lot P20 at Pfählhof. From there, it went past Kaltentalsee, to Lauereckfels, past Grabenstetten to the Falkensteiner Höhle and along the Elsach back to the starting point. Overall a very beautiful, mostly shady tour through forests and past meadows with very beautiful, wide and distant views.

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May 6, 2025,Höhlenabenteuer und Grillspaß – Heidengraben

Today's tour started at the hiking car park (free of charge), right at the Heidengraben entrance gate E.

Unfortunately, you can't really see much of it other than the earthworks, but the information signs are still interesting.

After that, we continued along a beautiful hiking trail to the Falkenstein Cave. A flashlight would have been helpful, but unfortunately, my cell …

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July 15, 2025,Höhlenabenteuer und Grillspaß – Heidengraben

A short adventurous walk in the neighborhood along beautiful hiking trails to a cave and later to a small viewing rock 😀

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September 4, 2024,Falkensteiner Höhle – Kaltentalsee- Lauereckfels 😊

This morning there was a thunderstorm and rain... so we'll just go somewhere nearby 😊
The last time I was at the Falkensteiner Cave was many years ago with my scouts, and I decided to see what it looked like now 👍🏻
The stones were extremely slippery, so healthy bones come first 😆
Still, it's amazing how big it is. …

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