place

Kaltenburg Castle

Castles in Heidenheim (district)Ruined castles in GermanySwabian Jura
Burg Kaltenburg
Burg Kaltenburg

Kaltenburg Castle is a ruined castle, located in the Lonetal (Lone River Valley) between the cities of Giengen and Niederstotzingen in the district of Heidenheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The castle was built during the High Middle Ages and though ruined, most of the walls are intact.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Kaltenburg Castle (License: CC BY-SA 3.0, Authors, Images).

Kaltenburg Castle
K 3021, GVV Sontheim-Niederstotzingen

Geographical coordinates (GPS) Address External links Nearby Places
placeShow on map

Wikipedia: Kaltenburg CastleContinue reading on Wikipedia

Geographical coordinates (GPS)

Latitude Longitude
N 48.581388888889 ° E 10.211666666667 °
placeShow on map

Address

Kaltenburg

K 3021
89168 GVV Sontheim-Niederstotzingen
Baden-Württemberg, Germany
mapOpen on Google Maps

linkWikiData (Q1012602)
linkOpenStreetMap (122555148)

Burg Kaltenburg
Burg Kaltenburg
Share experience

Nearby Places

Charlotte Cave
Charlotte Cave

Charlotte Cave is a dripstone cave near Hürben, a district of Giengen, in the Swabian Jura in Baden-Württemberg. The cave is 587 meters long with side passages, lies 487.5 meters above sea level and is probably two and a half to three million years old. The Hundsloch, the entrance to the cave, was already recorded in a forest map in 1591. The population threw cadavers of domestic animals into this hole. The first excavation was made by head forester Hermann Emil Sihler in the spring of 1893 with a rope ladder. During further explorations and excavations, the cave was uncovered, opened to the public and equipped with electric lighting. The ceremonial opening took place on 17 September 1893. On 23 September Queen Charlotte of Schaumburg-Lippe visited the show cave named after her. This is used for tourism as a show cave over a length of 532 meters and is one of the information points of the UNESCO Swabian Jura Geopark, about 100 kilometers east of Stuttgart. The relatively narrow cave passage, formed by flowing water, runs through the mountain like a tube and is interrupted by more than ten spacious, often quite high halls. The cave contains rich sintering with various dripstone forms. With its stalactite inventory, Charlotte Cave is considered one of the most beautiful show caves in Germany. In July 2005, the information center HöhlenHaus was built at the foot of Charlotte Cave. The HöhlenErlebnisWelt was built around the HöhlenHaus and a time travel trail was created at the entrance to Charlotte Cave. In July 2008, the HöhlenSchauLand, a multimedia museum, was opened in the immediate vicinity of the HöhlenHaus. In recent years, the number of visitors has been maintained at 40,000 per year, bucking the trend of most other German show caves.