Sophienhöhle Gallery

Image: a romantic path with rocks and caves leads to Sopie's Cave.

Image: the cave entrance is called Ahornloch, and is rather impressive.

Image: View from inside the Ahornloch.

Image: this huge cavern was once filled with cave bear bones and archaeological remains. The sediments were mined to produce fertilizer.

Image: at the end of the Ahornloch, the real Sophie's cave starts. It is closed by a door since it was discovered, which protected the speleothems from being vandalized.

Image: the descend into the first chamber.

Image: rimstone pools in the connection between chamber one and two.

Image: the millionaire with blue light, a "cool" idea of the current owner.

Image: the millionaire is a huge stalagmite, named so because someone calculated that it might be at least one million years old. Although this calculation is based on grow rates and is not verified by ¹⁴C dates, the name sounds rather good.

Image: this stalactite feeds the millionaire.

Image: interesting curtains.

Image: the Klausstein chapel is located on the rock above the cave. Rumours tell about a subterranean connection between cave and chapel. And it gave the name to the Klausstein Caves System.

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