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Falkensteiner Cave – Kaltental Lake loop from Grabenstetten

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Falkensteiner Cave – Kaltental Lake loop from Grabenstetten

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Falkensteiner Cave – Kaltental Lake loop from Grabenstetten

03:03

10.4km

240m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 23, 2026

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Geopark Schwäbische Alb

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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23 m

Heidengraben Trailhead Parking

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The parking lot is also suitable for hikes. It is located parallel to the main street, opposite the gliding area and houses several information boards

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1.17 km

Falkensteiner Cave

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The Falkenstein Cave, located between Grabenstetten and Bad Urach, is an active water cave in the Swabian Alb. The Elsach River flows through it, emerging from the karst here. Entrance …

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4.99 km

Kaltental Pond

Highlight • Lake

Beautiful landscape, somewhat secluded, therefore quiet and tranquil. Lovely view of the lakes with benches for taking in the tranquility of the landscape.

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5.26 km

Kaltental Lake

Highlight • Lake

If it has freshly snowed in winter and you are looking for a little peace and quiet, this is the right place.

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5.40 km

Bench With a View of the Kaltenbachweiher

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The circumnavigation of the Kaltentalweiher from the campsite is a very scenic little jogging circuit of approx. 4 kilometers

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5.57 km

Kaltentalhäusle (Villa Hügel)

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The imposing little house was built in 1884 in an exposed location. A detailed information board was put up for better understanding. The little house is locked, but you can …

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6.17 km

Kohlteichweiher

Highlight • Lake

A small pond shared today by two drakes. It was a great observation from the only bench set up on the bank.

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7.77 km

An exciting place with a lot of history 🏛️, where you can well understand the dimensions of the Celtic site 🌿; the information boards provide a good insight and make the tour particularly interesting 🚶‍♂️.

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10.4 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.20 km

841 m

717 m

320 m

265 m

Surfaces

4.82 km

2.02 km

1.30 km

1.07 km

525 m

488 m

113 m

Elevation

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Highest point (710 m)

Lowest point (500 m)

Weather

Saturday 11 July

29°C

14°C

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Comments

September 23, 2024,Falkensteiner Höhle Runde

Run, see, be amazed.

From the car park, down the serpentines, I first came to the Falkensteiner Cave. A real highlight of the tour, not least because I already had the honor of taking part in a tour into the mountain.

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June 14, 2026,Kaltentalsee - Lauereckfels - Falkensteiner Höhle - Runde von Pfählhof 14.06.2026

Today's tour started at the free hiking parking lot P20 at Pfählhof. From there, it went past Kaltentalsee, to Lauereckfels, past Grabenstetten to the Falkensteiner Höhle and along the Elsach back to the starting point. Overall a very beautiful, mostly shady tour through forests and past meadows with very beautiful, wide and distant views.

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May 6, 2025,Höhlenabenteuer und Grillspaß – Heidengraben

Today's tour started at the hiking car park (free of charge), right at the Heidengraben entrance gate E.

Unfortunately, you can't really see much of it other than the earthworks, but the information signs are still interesting.

After that, we continued along a beautiful hiking trail to the Falkenstein Cave. A flashlight would have been helpful, but unfortunately, my cell …

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July 15, 2025,Höhlenabenteuer und Grillspaß – Heidengraben

A short adventurous walk in the neighborhood along beautiful hiking trails to a cave and later to a small viewing rock 😀

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September 4, 2024,Falkensteiner Höhle – Kaltentalsee- Lauereckfels 😊

This morning there was a thunderstorm and rain... so we'll just go somewhere nearby 😊
The last time I was at the Falkensteiner Cave was many years ago with my scouts, and I decided to see what it looked like now 👍🏻
The stones were extremely slippery, so healthy bones come first 😆
Still, it's amazing how big it is. …

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July 21, 2021,Kaltentalweiher und Falkensteiner Höhle

The highlights of this tour: the idyllic Kaltentalweiher, the lookout points Lauereckfels and Falkensteinfels and then of course the Falkensteiner cave, which currently has a lot of water.
🤩🤩🤩

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October 23, 2022,Falkensteiner Höhle, Kaltentalsee, Lauereckfelsen - Runde von Grabenstetten

On the road with the DAV Laupheim again today 👍🌞😎

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September 22, 2021,Falkensteiner Höhle und Kaltentalsee

A very nice round ...
I wanted to see the Falkensteiner Cave again. I was there as a child ...

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Falkensteiner Cave – Kaltental Lake loop from Grabenstetten

Heidengraben Trailhead Parking

Falkensteiner Cave

Kaltental Pond

Kaltental Lake

Bench With a View of the Kaltenbachweiher

Kaltentalhäusle (Villa Hügel)

Kohlteichweiher

Heidengraben Oppidum

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