The "Other" category holds 10 places that do not fit any of the main groups – mainly show caves and a gorge. Almost all are family-friendly and underground, so they work in any weather.
The Barbarossa Cave in the Kyffhäuser is a rare anhydrite show cave with gypsum flakes hanging from the ceiling, cave lakes and the stone table of Emperor Barbarossa. The Herbstlabyrinth show cave in Breitscheid is part of Hesse's largest cave system and shows white sinter organs; tours run in small groups. In Franconian Switzerland, the Bing Cave near Streitberg leads about 270 metres to the Giant Column and the Candle Hall, and the Sophie Cave near Rabenstein Castle has three large chambers and cave bear finds. The Wimsen Cave on the Swabian Jura can be explored by boat. Below the Zugspitze, you hike through the Höllentalklamm gorge with tunnels and walkways above the Hammersbach stream.
The catalogue's places are in Bavaria (three), Baden-Württemberg (two), Hesse and Thuringia (one each).
In practice: one to two hours is usually enough for a cave, and half a day for the Höllentalklamm. Tickets cost €7–13, with much lower prices for children and family tickets almost everywhere. Caves are cool all year, so bring a jacket. The Höllentalklamm is only open in the warmer months.
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Kyffhäuserland
The Barbarossa Cave (Barbarossahöhle) near Rottleben in northern Thuringia is one of only two accessible anhydrite caves in the world and the only anhydrite show cave in Western Europe. Instead of stalactites, you will see glassy blue-gree…
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Breitscheid
The Herbstlabyrinth (Autumn Labyrinth) near Breitscheid is the show cave of the largest cave system in the German state of Hesse. Hidden in the Westerwald hills, it leads you down a staircase into the Knöpfchenhalle, a tall chamber packed…
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Wiesenttal
Bing Cave (Binghöhle) in Streitberg is one of the best-known show caves in Franconian Switzerland, a hilly region of limestone cliffs and castles north of Nuremberg. A level path about 270 m (885 ft) long follows the bed of an ancient unde…
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Ahorntal
The Sophienhöhle (Sophie Cave) near Ahorntal is one of the most beautiful show caves in Franconian Switzerland, a limestone landscape in northern Bavaria between Nuremberg and Bayreuth. It sits on the slope of the Ailsbach valley next to B…
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Hayingen
The Wimsener Höhle (Wimsen Cave) near Hayingen in the Swabian Jura is the only cave in Germany you can explore by boat. A boatman guides a small punt across crystal-clear, turquoise water into the mountain while explaining how the cave for…
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Grainau
The Höllentalklamm near Grainau is one of the most dramatic gorges in the Bavarian Alps. The Hammersbach stream has cut deep into the limestone of the Wetterstein range, and a narrow trail runs through tunnels and across footbridges right…
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Kyffhäuserland
The Barbarossa Cave (Barbarossahöhle) near Rottleben in northern Thuringia is one of only two accessible anhydrite caves in the world and the only anhydrite show cave in Western Europe. Instead of stalactites, you will see glassy blue-gree…
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Wiesenttal
Bing Cave (Binghöhle) in Streitberg is one of the best-known show caves in Franconian Switzerland, a hilly region of limestone cliffs and castles north of Nuremberg. A level path about 270 m (885 ft) long follows the bed of an ancient unde…
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Grainau
The Höllentalklamm near Grainau is one of the most dramatic gorges in the Bavarian Alps. The Hammersbach stream has cut deep into the limestone of the Wetterstein range, and a narrow trail runs through tunnels and across footbridges right…
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Berlin
It all began as a bridle path. Around 1542 Elector Joachim II had a causeway laid across marshy ground so he could ride more comfortably from the Berlin City Palace to his Grunewald hunting lodge. That "Elector's causeway" became the Kurfü…
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Breitscheid
The Herbstlabyrinth (Autumn Labyrinth) near Breitscheid is the show cave of the largest cave system in the German state of Hesse. Hidden in the Westerwald hills, it leads you down a staircase into the Knöpfchenhalle, a tall chamber packed…
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Dortmund
From many points across the city you can see the bright yellow steel pylons rising high above the stadium roof. Signal Iduna Park, still the Westfalenstadion to many fans, is Germany's largest football stadium with 81,365 places. Its most…
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Ahorntal
The Sophienhöhle (Sophie Cave) near Ahorntal is one of the most beautiful show caves in Franconian Switzerland, a limestone landscape in northern Bavaria between Nuremberg and Bayreuth. It sits on the slope of the Ailsbach valley next to B…
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Hayingen
The Wimsener Höhle (Wimsen Cave) near Hayingen in the Swabian Jura is the only cave in Germany you can explore by boat. A boatman guides a small punt across crystal-clear, turquoise water into the mountain while explaining how the cave for…
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Bonndorf im Schwarzwald
The Wutach Gorge (Wutachschlucht) in the Black Forest is often called the "Grand Canyon of the Black Forest." It is one of the longest and wildest gorges in Germany and lies in southern Baden-Württemberg, near the towns of Bonndorf, Löffin…
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Jena
In July 1924, some 80,000 people flocked to the roof of the Zeiss works in Jena to see an artificial starry sky in a temporary dome. The press called it the "Miracle of Jena". Two years later, on 18 July 1926, a permanent planetarium opene…
Usually €7–13: Bing Cave €7.50, Herbstlabyrinth €11, Barbarossa Cave €12.50. Children pay about half, and family tickets are cheaper.
It is a rare anhydrite cave with gypsum flakes hanging from the ceiling, cave lakes and the legendary stone table of Emperor Barbarossa.
Only in the warmer months; the gorge is closed in winter. Check current opening times on the attraction page before you go.
Updated: · Opening hours and prices can change — check the attraction page before you go.