Top 4 Caves around Ranggen

Once you reach the grotto, you'll have a magnificent view. You'll need a head for heights and surefootedness. A thrill guaranteed.

If you climb a little below, you can still see the natural tunnel in the rock through which the water runs at the beautiful course of the stream!

The path is secured, but just before the grotto there are one or two places where the path has suffered somewhat. Sure-footedness is required, especially on the descent, as part of the way is quite rocky.

The path from Zirl is well secured, the warning signs are a bit exaggerated. The grotto is beautiful, the view also nice, the way over the quarry rather annoying and certainly not to be recommended in the full sun.

It was in 1484 when the Emperor Maximillian, who is still very popular in Tyrol today, got off his feet while hunting in the Martinswand and could neither go back nor forward. His refuge was a grotto from which he was rescued after 2 days by a young farm boy. The boy disappeared after the emperor was rescued and so it did not take long until it was said that Maximillian had been found by an angel and brought back to the valley in good health. In addition, it is said that Maximillian is said to have pleaded "if only kematen" in fearful expectation of help, which is supposed to be the reason why the neighboring town of Zirl is named Kematen today. These legends are still told today. In any case, as a thank you for the happy end of his hunting trip, the emperor had a cross erected in the cave known since then as the Maximilliansgrotte. https://www.tirol-infos.at/innsbruck/kaiser-max-grotte.html

Better to take a helmet with you if you only hike to the god.

It was in 1484 when Emperor Maximillian, who was still very popular in Tyrol, got on the hunt in the Martinswand and could neither back nor forth. His refuge was a grotto from which he was rescued after 2 days by a young peasant boy. The boy disappeared after the emperor's salvation, and so it was not long before it was said that Maximillian had been found by an angel and brought down to health. In addition one tells oneself that Maximillian in banger expectation of assistance "if only kematen" to have pleaded, which is supposedly the reason that the neighbor place of Zirl is today with Kematen bennant. These legends are still told today. In any case, the emperor had a cross erected in the cave, which has since become known as Maximillian's Grotto, in gratitude for the happy end of his hunting trip. (Https://www.tirol-infos.at/innsbruck/kaiser-max-grotte.html)

About 200 m above the Inntal Valley lies the Maximilian-Grotto, a natural cave 26 m wide and 19 m high, in midst the Martinswand rock face. Legend has it that once Emperor Maximilian sought refuge in the grotto when he lost his way while hunting chamois.The trail in the Martinswand is newly laid out and securely walkable since beginning of April 2015. It leads from the Brunntal roadway diagonally the quarry and via the completely renovated old part of the trail to the grotto. Bridges, fences and handrails offer a childproof path to the grotto with an outstanding panoramic view over Zirl and the upper Inntal valley.