Top 11 Caves around Saal an der Donau

Schulerloch Stalactite Cave > a Geotope The Great Schulerloch, which can be safely visited as a show cave with a half-hour guided tour, is one of the longest caves in the Lower Altmühl Valley with a measured length of 420 meters. The largest chamber of the cave covers almost 800 square meters and is 8 meters high. The cave features interesting stalactite decorations in places. Scientific excavations in the cave sediment have yielded not only bones of Ice Age animals, but also archaeological finds from the Paleolithic and Mesolithic periods, as well as the Bronze Age. Bavarian State Office for the Environment (LfU). https://www.umweltatlas.bayern.de/standortauskunft/rest/reporting/sb_geotope/generate?additionallayerfieldvalue=273H001

Unfortunately, photography is prohibited in the cave, so I didn't take any photos. Please respect this ban!

Beautiful stalactite cave with a small museum. The entrance fee is okay, there is a snack bar at the entrance with several shaded seating areas. The tour is varied and interesting, at the end there is a small multimedia show about the cave, well done.

The settlement history of the Altmühl valley began at the beginning of the last ice age, in the so-called Würm ice age, about 80,000 years ago. On the other hand, there are no archaeological finds from the oldest phase of the Paleolithic, i. H. from the Günz, Mindel or early Rißeiszeit 500,000 - 120,000 years ago, but this is more likely due to the change in river systems. The Danube flowed through the Lower Altmühltal until about 200,000 years ago. Therefore, no older finds could be deposited in caves or rock overhangs. In the Würm Ice Age, around 100,000 - 10,000 years ago, there are first indications of people who stayed in the caves or under rock protection roofs, so-called rock shelters, in the Lower Altmühl Valley. At that time the climate here is similar to that of the tundra today. The ice-free Altmühltal was a favorable hunting ground, where mammoths, rhinos, reindeer, and later also horses, bison and primal lived. The Klausen Caves are a system of several caves nested one on top of the other: Lower Klause, Klausen Niche, Middle and Upper Klause. Except for the Lower Hermitage, tools and equipment from the Old, Middle and Upper Palaeolithic periods were found in the other caves. From the Klausen niche comes z. B. a deciduous incisor of a Neanderthal. In the middle hermitage, archaeologists from the Magdalenian layer were able to salvage a single-row harpoon, bone spikes and a perforated staff made of reindeer antlers, which is decorated with fantasy creatures. A limestone slab with incised lines of a wild horse document the first art products. In 1913, archaeologists found the skeleton of a Homo sapiens. The approximately 30-year-old man died about 18,000 years ago. His dead body was wrapped in a mighty red chalk pack. Fragments of mammoth tusks lay in the area of the skull. https://www.herzstueck.bayern/ attraction/07-station-klausenhoehlen-e617ad20c7

Beautiful, small caves, some of which you can go into or climb up to.

Interesting cave up and down. It's worth taking a look.

Beautiful, easy-to-walk caves that were probably used in earlier times as living caves and for protection from the weather. You should take a lamp with you when visiting.

unfortunately there is no barrier at the top, so it is advisable to go up together with the child