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| Location: | A8 exit Merklingen, through Nellingen and Türkheim towards Geislingen. Hiking car park at the rim of the plateau. 30 min walk along the rim, signposted "Kahlenstein". |
| Open: | Not a show cave. Only after prior arrangement. |
| Fee: | Not a show cave. |
| Classification: |
 Karst cave,
horizontal cave, Malm
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| Light: | electric |
| Dimension: | L=180m, 678m asl |
| Guided tours: | Not a show cave. |
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| Address: | Kahlensteiner Höhlenverein, Im Grund 1, 7347 Bad Überkingen, Tel. +49-7331-66660. |
| Last update: | $Date: 2009/08/30 21:19:02 $ |
Just above Überkingen, at the rim of the Swabian Jura plateau, is a rock called Kahlenstein (bald rock). This rock provides a beautiful view on Überkingen and the Bluna plant (Bluna is a famous German beverage, which is made here). The rock is formed by the hard limestones of the Malm. Locally this rock is called Weißer Jura (White Jurassic) because of its white colour. Its layers are locally numbered with greek letters, and this layer is numbered δ.
The Kahlensteinhöhle is named after the Kahlenstein, as it is located on top of the rock, only a few meters from the outlook. It is the biggest of more than 50 small caves know in this rock. The cave belongs to the city limits of two towns, Bad Überkingen and Geislingen. At the entrance of the cave a nice terrace with an outlook was built.
The entrance is 1.5 meters wide and 2.2 meters high, and closed by an iron bar gate. From here a passage of about the same size leads horizontally into the rock. Then the visitor reaches a small chamber, only a bit bigger than the passage. The walls are stained black by torches and fireplaces. Now the passage continues to the northeast. It splits in to two passages, which join again after only three meters.
The cave is know for hundreds of years. Unfortunately this led to numerous destructions. People vandalized the cave and made fires inside. Since the mid 20th century the cave is closed by a gate. Some decades it was open as a show cave on weekends. But it is not a show cave any more for about twenty years. Today the cave is maintained by the Kahlenstein caving club. They show the cave to interested groups after appointment.
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