Bocksteinschmiede

Useful Information

Location:	Lonetal (Lone valley), between Öllingen and Bissingen. A7 (E43) exit Bissingen, towards Bissingen 800 m, at the roundabout turn right towards Öllingen 1.5 km. When the road reaches the floor of the Lone valle stop at parking lot left. Follow single lane track at the far end of the parking lot for 100 m, turn left on trail steep uphill. The Bocksteinschmiede is to the right, the Bocksteinhöhle to the left. (48.554061, 10.155022)
Open:	no restrictions. [2023]
Fee:	free. [2023]
Classification:	Karst cave
Light:	bring torch
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Bibliography:	Gerhard Bosinski Hrsg. (1969): Die Bocksteinschmiede im Lonetal, Stuttgart, Müller & Gräf 1969. 2 Bände (Text- u. Tafelband). 4°. 230 S. u. 164 Tafeln. Br. () Joachim Hahn, Hansjürgen Müller-Beck, Wolfgang Taute: Eiszeithöhlen im Lonetal. Archäologie einer Landschaft auf der Schwäbischen Alb Konrad Theiss Verlag Stuttgart, 1985, Broschiert, 200 Seiten, ISBN: 3806202222. () amazon.de Robert Wetzel (1958): Die Bocksteinschmiede, I. Teil mit dem Bocksteinloch der Brandplatte und dem Abhang sowie der Bocksteingrotte. Ein Beitrag zur europäischen Urgeschichte des Lonetals und zur geschichtlichen Morphologie des Menschen Verlag W. Kohlhammer GmbH, Stuttgart, 1958. ()
Address:	Geschäftsstelle Weltkultursprung, Landratsamt Alb-Donau-Kreis, Schillerstraße 30, 89077 Ulm, Tel: +49-731-185-1133, Fax: +49-731-185-22-1133. E-mail: Stadtverwaltung Langenau, Rathaus, Marktplatz 1, 89129 Langenau, Tel: +49-7345-9622144, Fax: +49-7345-9622155. E-mail: Guided Walks: Hermann Häußler, Achstraße 44 a, 89129 Langenau, Tel: +49-7345-6719, Cell: +49-172-7848347. E-mail:
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History

1873	first excavation in the cave Bocksteinhöhle.
1883/84	Excavation durch L. Bürger.
1933/34	Excavation la Robert Wetzel.
1953/56	Excavation ja Robert Wetzel.
2017	inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Description

The Bocksteinschmiede and the Bocksteinhöhle are two small caves located at the northern slope of the Lonetal (Lone valley). Because of their location towards south and the shelter they offered, they were used by the nomadic hunters of the Ice Age during their hunting trips. The caves have been excavated very early, the findings were sensational.