List of caves in the district of Sigmaringen

In the list of caves in the district of Sigmaringen , the most famous caves in the area of ​​the district of Sigmaringen in Baden-Württemberg are listed. These are part of the more than 3000 caves in Baden-Württemberg and more than 2800 cavities discovered so far in the Swabian Alb , the region with the most caves in Germany . Concentrations can be found in the Upper Danube nature park between Beuron and Sigmaringen (over 200 caves) and in the Lauchert valley near Veringenstadt .

Surname	location	Type	Land registry number County number Geotope ID	Brief description	image
Ahlenberg spring	Veringenstadt	Karst spring	7821 / ???; ND8437070	protected
Annenbach infiltration (Annenbach infiltration)	Messkirch - Igelswies	Sinkhole , ponor	7920 / ???; 8437015	worthy of protection
Anna-Kapellen-Höhle (Anna-Kapellen-Grotto, Annakapellenhöhle, Annakapellengrotte, Göpfelstein grotto)	Veringenstadt		7821/001; ND8437049	protected
Amanda Cave	Beuron - Thiergarten	Deep cave	7920/052
Amandahöhle (Stetten)	Stetten am kalten Markt		7920/059
Bängertssteigschacht	Stetten am kalten Markt - Frohnstetten		7820 / ???
Pelvic hole	Sigmaringen - Gutenstein		7920 / ???; ND8437051	protected
Benediktushöhle (Hermit Cave)	Beuron	Passage cave	7919/002
Bergstollenquelle	Beuron - Hausen in the valley	Karst spring	7920 / ???; ND8437023	protected
Bernaufels (Thiergartenfelsen, Abri am Bernaufels)	Beuron - Thiergarten	Abri	7920 / o. No.
Bernauloch (Thiergarter cave, cave near Thiergarten between the Danube bridge and the railway tunnel)	Sigmaringen - Gutenstein		7920/068; ND 005029	protected
Begging kitchen	Sigmaringen - Gutenstein	Half-cave	7920 / o. No.
Beggar kitchen	Schwenningen		7919 / ???; ND 102001; ND8437043	protected
Beer cellar near Rohrdorf	Messkirch - Rohrdorf		7920/076
Bittelschießer cave	Bingen - Hornstein	Passage cave	7821/004; ND8437069	protected
Bittelschießer half cave (Bittelschießer cave ruin)	Bingen - Hornstein	Half-cave	7821/006; ND8437069	protected
Wooden cave	Beuron - Hausen in the valley	Small cave	7920/002	worthy of protection; west of the Neumühle
Bröller near Hausen im Tal (Hausener Bröller)	Beuron - Hausen in the valley	Famine well	7920 / ???; ND8437004	protected
Bröller near Thiergarten (Thiergartener Bröller, Thiergarten-Bröller, Bröllerhöhle, Bröllerschacht, Heidenloch)	Beuron - Thiergarten	Famine well	7920/003; ND 005017; ND8437010	protected
Buoloch	Neufra	Shaft cave	7720/030
Burghaldenhöhlen (Burghaldenhöhle 1 and 2)	Gammertingen - Bronnen , OT Mariaberg		7721 / ???	Caves in the Burghalde near Mariaberg
Burghaldentor	Gammertingen - Bronnen , OT Mariaberg	Rock gate	7721/008	Rock gate in the Burghalde near Mariaberg
Dietfurt Castle Cave	Inzigkofen - Dietfurt	Passage cave	7920/049; ND 059008; ND8437057	protected; Cave castle of the Dietfurt ruins
Busenberg Cave	Bingen	Niche cave	7821/008; ND8437058	protected
Büttnauquellen	Veringenstadt	Famine well	7821 / ???; 8437070	worthy of protection
The trap	Stetten am kalten Markt		7820/056
Reichertsfurtwiesenhohlung (hollow near Dietfurt)	Inzigkofen - Dietfurt		7920 / ???
Alleenhau sinkhole	Sigmaringen - Josefslust	Sinkhole	7921 / ???	Sigmaringer Forest
Birkstock sinkhole	Messkirch - Heudorf	Sinkhole	7920 / ???; 8437017	worthy of protection
Bitzenhau sinkhole (Bitzenhau sinkhole)	Sigmaringendorf	Sinkhole field	7921/110; 8437021	Sigmaringer Forest; worthy of protection
Sinkhole owl pit (owl pit)	Sigmaringen - Unterschmeien	Sinkhole	7920/09; ND8437059	protected
Sinkhole owl hole (owl hole)	Gammertingen - Bronnen	Sinkhole	7721 / ???; ND8437015	protected
Hennenbühl sinkhole	Leibertingen - Thalheim	Sinkhole	7920 / ???; 8437033	worthy of protection
Kohlhau sinkhole	Inzigkofen - Vilsingen	Sinkhole , ponor	7920 / ???; 8437014	worthy of protection
Lauen sinkhole		Sinkhole	7921 / ???	Sigmaringer Forest
Spruce forest sinkhole		Sinkhole	7921 / ???	Sigmaringer Forest
Doline and Ponor Sautal	Messkirch	Sinkhole , ponor	7920 / ???; 8437022	worthy of protection
Banholz sinkhole field	Messkirch - Igelswies	Sinkhole field	7920 / ???; 8437026	worthy of protection
Brandwiese sinkhole field	Leibertingen - Altheim	Sinkhole field	8020 / ???; 8437028	worthy of protection
Dolinenfeld Härdle	Messkirch	Sinkhole field	8020 / ???; 8437016	worthy of protection
Dolinenfeld Hirschbrunnen	Inzigkofen - Engelswies	Sinkhole field	7920 / ???; ND8437061	Field with five sinkholes, partly designed as ponors; protected
Dolinenfeld Morgenweide	Sigmaringen - Laiz	Sinkhole field	7921 / ???; 8437019	Sigmaringer Forest; worthy of protection
Weithart sinkhole field	Bingen	Sinkhole field	7921 / ???; 8437043	worthy of protection
Donauriedhöhlen (Danube Caves near Scheer)	Scheer		7921/005; 7921 / o. No.; ND8437045	protected
Triangular cave	Sigmaringen - Laiz		7920/007; 8437072	worthy of protection
Durbeles Häusle (Ramstein Cave )	Veringenstadt - Hermentingen	Small cave	7821/038
Egg cave	Beuron - Hausen in the valley	Shaft cave	7920/008; ND 072007; ND8437020	protected; in the rocks between the northern ribbon rocks and specialist rocks
Eulengrube (shaft at Kohlberg)	Bingen - Hochdorf	Shaft Cave (Bohner Ore Pit)	7821/011
Fallfelsenhöhle (Fallfelsenhöhle 1)	Beuron - Hausen in the valley	Niche cave	7920/037; ND 005021; ND8437013	protected
Falkensteinhöhle (Sanderhöhle, Grenzhöhle)	Beuron - Thiergarten	Stalactite cave	7920/010
Falkenstein passage cave	Beuron - Thiergarten	Passage cave	7920/082
Dettinger Berg rock roof	Sigmaringen	Abri	7921 / o. No.
Inzigkofen (Butzenstein) rock roof	Inzigkofen	Abri (excavations and small caves)	7921/016; 8437069	worthy of protection
Haule rock group (banana cave )	Sigmaringen - Unterschmeien	Half-cave	7920 / ???; 8437006	worthy of protection
Felsenschmiede Werenwag (rock forge, cave under Werenwag Castle)	Beuron - Langenbrunn		7920/055; ND 005028; ND8437017	protected
Rockfall cave	Leibertingen  ?		7919/117
Felsentalhöhle	Messkirch - Menningen		7920 / ???; ND8437076	protected
Rock gate at the shovel	Stetten am kalten Markt	Cave ruin	7920 / ???	Shovel rocks
Felsentor (Menningen)	Messkirch - Menningen	Natural bridge	7920 / ???; ND8437076	protected
Rock overhang on Ghaiberg	Sigmaringen - Jungnau	Niche cave	7821 / o. No.
Felstor (Inzigkofen, grottos)	Inzigkofen	Cave ruin	7921 / ???; 8437069	worthy of protection; at Inzigkofer Grotten
Felstor (Inzigkofen, Hermitage)	Inzigkofen	Cave ruin		at the Hermitage
Window cavity	Beuron - Hausen in the valley	Cave ruin	7920/011; ND8437054	Episcopal Rock ; protected
Fischweiherquelle	Hettingen	Karst spring	7721 / ???; ND8437038	protected
Fly hole	Leibertingen	Shaft cave	7920/163
Foal hole (hollow stone)	Gammertingen		7721/016
Frohnstetter Abri (Felsdach Brechfelsen)	Stetten am kalten Markt - Storzingen	Abri	7820/067
Frohnstetter water cave	Stetten am kalten Markt - Frohnstetten	Spring cave	7820/009
Fox shell	Gammertingen - chain field	Pond
Gallus source (Gallus wells)	Veringenstadt	Karst spring	7721 / ???; ND8437050	protected
Broken Gutenstein Caves	Sigmaringen - Laiz	Niche cavities	7920/016; 8437072	worthy of protection
Vulture cave	Beuron - Hausen in the valley	Middle cavity	7920/017; ND 005023; ND8437054	Episcopal Rock ; protected
Geiersteinschacht	Beuron - Hausen in the valley	Shaft cave	7920/070; ND 005024; ND8437054	Episcopal Rock ; protected
Geißenloch Cave (Castle Cave)	Beuron - Hausen in the valley		7920 / ???; ND 005010; ND8437009	protected
Yellow hole	Sigmaringen - Gutenstein		7920/066
Vault cave	Beuron - Hausen in the valley	Small cave	7920/018	worthy of protection; west of the Neumühle
Glaträgerfelsschacht (station shaft )	Beuron - Hausen in the valley	Shaft cave	7920 / 019a; ND 005026; ND8437016	protected
Göpfelstein Cave (Göpfelberg Cave, Hyänenhorst)	Veringenstadt		7821/002; ND8437048	protected
Grenadier cave	Stetten am kalten Markt		7820/060
Great spring (well room)	Beuron	Karst spring	7920 / ???; ND 005008; ND8437003	protected
Guipstein Cave	Sigmaringen - Oberschmeien		7820/018; ND8437044	protected
Gurgelloch (Eichhalde)	Beuron		7919/009; ND 005027; ND8437007	protected
Gutenstein stalactite cave (Gutenstein stalactite cave)	Sigmaringen - Gutenstein		7920/020; ND 104062	protected
Large and Small Hagentor Caves (Brechfelsabri, Brechsteinhöhlen)	Veringenstadt	Abri	7821/015 or 7821/041
Deer shell	Hettingen - Inneringen	Pond	7721 / ???; 8437058	worthy of protection
Hirschschacht	Stetten am kalten Markt - Frohnstetten		7820 / ???
Högner cave	Inzigkofen	Small cave	7921/063	worthy of protection
Cave on the road from Thiergarten to Stetten	Stetten am kalten Markt		7920 / o. No.
Cave at Bittelschießer cave	Bingen - Hornstein		7821/006
Eulenloch cave near Bronnen	Gammertingen - Bronnen		7721/002; 8437025	worthy of protection
Cave in the Zupferhalde	Stetten am kalten Markt - Storzingen		7820 / ???
Caves in the Uschental	Stetten am kalten Markt - Storzingen / Sigmaringen - Oberschmeien  ?		7820 / ???
Höhlenburg Neidingen (cave in the fall, cave castle in the fall)	Beuron - Neidingen		7920/237	Cave castle in the rock face in Neidinger Reiftal
Oberschmeien cave castle	Sigmaringen - Oberschmeien	Rock grotto	7820/055	Cave castle
Frauenstock cave ruins	Bingen	Cave ruin	7821 / ???; 8437024	worthy of protection
Hohler Stein (Hohlestein, Hohlefels, Hohler Fels)	Leibertingen - Thalheim		7920/056
Hollow stone	Bingen		7821/078
Höhnberg Cave 1	Sigmaringen - Oberschmeien	Passage cave	7920/22
Höhnberg tunnel cave (Höhnberg tunnel cave)	Sigmaringen - Oberschmeien	Water cave	7920/023
Holder niche (overhangs of the Schweizerfelsen, cave on the Knopfmacherfelsen)	Beuron	Niche cave	7919/163
Hornsteiner cave	Bingen - Hornstein		7821/079
Hornsteiner Kluftgrotte (Kohltal Cave)	Bingen - Hornstein	Half-cave	7821/046
Hülbe Frohnstetten (Dorfhülbe)	Stetten am kalten Markt - Frohnstetten	Pond	7820 / ???; 8437037	worthy of protection
Hülbe Greut	Gammertingen - chain field	Pond	7721 / ???; 8437036	worthy of protection
Hülbe Lusthof	Gammertingen - chain field	Pond	7721 / ???; 8437057	worthy of protection
Inzigkofener Grottoes (Inzigkofer Grottoes, rock caves near Inzigkofen, Nebelhöhle)	Inzigkofen		7921/008; 8437069	worthy of protection
Jörgenbrunnenquelle (Jörgerbrunnenschacht)	Beuron - Hausen in the valley	Shaft cave , filled with water	7920/081; ND 005020; 8437012	worthy of protection
Kachelstüble (Kachelstübel, Kachelfelsenhöhlung)	Hettingen	Niche cave	7721/004; ND8437034	protected
Kanaken Cave	Sigmaringen - Laiz		7920/029; 8437072	worthy of protection
Kälberwieshöhle (bridge cave )	Inzigkofen		7921/002; ND 059010	protected
Chapel half-cave (chapel cave , Bittelschießer Abri, rock niche Bittelschießer Täle)	Bingen - Hornstein	Abri	7821/023
Chapel cave (Inzigkofen) with rock gate	Inzigkofen		7921 / ???; 8437069	worthy of protection; at the Amalienfelsen on the circular path around the memorial chapel
Cellar cave (devil's hole, devil's cave, horse stable)	Sigmaringen - Gutenstein		7920/048; ND8437005	protected
Celtic Abri	Stetten am kalten Markt	Abri	7920/062	Shovel rocks
Kesselloch (Kesselhöhle in the Bandfels)	Leibertingen	Small cave		Ribbon rock
Sewage treatment shaft near Inneringen	Hettingen - Inneringen		7821/010
Klarahöhle near Stetten (Hohler Felsen, Hohlefels im Kohltal, incorrectly: Klarahöhle near Thiergarten)	Stetten am kalten Markt		7920/024; ND 104063; ND8437006	protected
Kuppelabri (Lenzenfelsen)	Beuron - Neidingen	Abri	7920/244	Lenzenfelsen
Cornelius caves (Kornelius cave 1–5, Kornelius rock cave 1–5)	Beuron - Hausen in the valley	Niche cave	7920/170; ND 005012; ND8437055	Cornelius Rock ; protected
Kreenheinstetter Felsentor (Stone Gate)	Beuron - Hausen in the valley	Natural bridge	7920/043	worthy of protection
Kreenheinstetter cave	Beuron - Hausen in the valley	Horizonatlhöhle	7920/058; 8437046	worthy of protection
Krieseloch (Kriesenlochschacht, Blendersloch)	Messkirch - Langenhart	Shaft cave	7920/032; ND8437064	protected
Langenbrunn fountain	Beuron - Langenbrunn	Karst spring
Laubhauser Brunnen ( Lapphauser Brunnen)	Gammertingen - Feldhausen	Pond	7721 / ???; ND8437046	protected
Lourdes grotto	Beuron	Cave system	7919/041	Replica of the Lourdes grotto with pilgrimage chapel in the Liebfrauental near the Beuron monastery
Snapdragon	Gammertingen - Bronnen		7721 / ???
Macaroni cave	Leibertingen	Small cave	7920/034; ND 005025; ND8437019	protected; 20 m below loophole (Leibertingen)
Mariengrotte (Frohnstetten)	Stetten am kalten Markt - Frohnstetten		7820 / ???
Mariengrotte (Gutenstein)	Sigmaringen - Gutenstein			Above the Donautalstraße at the Gutenstein rock tunnel
Menninger Schachthöhle (Menninger Schacht, sinkhole and cave)	Messkirch - Menningen	Shaft cave	7920/027; ND8437062	protected
Mühlberghöhle (Mühlberg Cave)	Veringenstadt
Mill Cave	Inzigkofen - Dietfurt		7920/035; ND 059009; ND8437063	protected
Nägelesfels-Sigmaringen	Sigmaringen		7821 / ???; ND8437052	protected; formerly the Lauchert slope
Neidinger Brunnenstube	Beuron - Neidingen	Famine well
Neidinger Bröllerhöhle	Beuron - Neidingen	Horizontal cave		7920/097
Neidinger Klufthöhle	Beuron - Neidingen		7920/096
Neufraer street shaft	Neufra		7721/19
Nikolaushöhle (Belsenhöhle: incorrect reading of a handwritten note from 1862 = rock cave of Vöringenstadt, Nicolaushöhle, Niklashöhle, Klosenhöhle, St. Klosloch, Bärenhöhle)	Veringenstadt		7821/003; ND8437047	protected
Open hole (cave above Petershöhle)	Beuron	Small cave	7919/025	Petersfelsen
Obere Bröllerhöhle (Heidenloch, Teufelsloch, Höhlenburg Weiler)	Beuron - Thiergarten		7920/006; ND 005018; ND8437011	protected; Cave castle
Obere Brunnenhaldenhöhle (cave at Rampoldsberg, Rudolfshöhle, Tatscherlesloch)	Veringenstadt		7821/009
Springs in Hausen	Beuron - Hausen in the valley	Karst spring	ND 005009
Paulshöhle (Paulsfelsenhöhle, Carlshöhle, Karlshöhle)	Beuron		7919/020; ND8437025	Paulsfelsen ; protected
Petershöhle (Petersfelsenhöhle, Domhöhle)	Beuron		7919/021; ND8437024	Petersfelsen ; protected
Prälatenloch (Prälatenfelsen, Prälatenfelsen)	Beuron		7919 / ???; ND8437030	Prelate rock ; protected
Probstfelsenhöhle (Probstfelshöhle, Probsthöhle, Probstfelsen)	Beuron		7919/036; ND 005030	Trial rocks ; protected
Rappenfelsenhöhle	Bingen - Hornstein		7821/012; ND8437056	Rappenfelsen ; protected
Reiftalhöhle (cave at the climbing yards)	Stetten am kalten Markt - glassworks	Half-cave	7820/12; ND8437022	protected
Ritterhöhlen ( Ritterhöhlen : Ritterhöhle 1 and Ritterhöhle 2)	Stetten am kalten Markt - Frohnstetten	Cave system	7820/11; ND8437021	protected
Ritterschacht	Stetten am kalten Markt - Frohnstetten		7820 / ???
Knight passage cave	Stetten am kalten Markt - Frohnstetten		7820 / ???
Römerhöhle (cave under the watchtower of Wildenstein Castle)	Leibertingen		7919/073; ND8437018	Cave castle of Wildenstein Castle Hexenturm ; protected
Red fountain (Großschmiedebrunnen)	Beuron - Langenbrunn ( 48 ° 3 ′ 11.42 ″  N , 8 ° 59 ′ 42.66 ″  E )	Karst spring
Rote-Brunnen-Höhle (Roterbrunnen-Höhle, Maurushöhle, Maurusfelshöhle, Maurusfelsenhöhle, Josephshöhle)	Leibertingen	Cave system	7919/017; ND 072008; ND8437002	protected
Ruin-Lengenfeld-Höhlen	Beuron - Hausen in the valley		7920 / ???; ND8437031	protected
Shaft cave on the devil's thumb (bone cave )	Leibertingen	Shaft cave	7919/094; ND 072008	protected
Sheepfold Cave (Kleine Nikolaushöhle, Sheepfold, Sheepfold 1, Sheepfold 2)	Veringenstadt	Abri	7821/010
Scheidemann cave	Beuron		7919/008
Scheunenhöhle (Hohler Fels, Hohlefels in Lengenfeldertal)	Beuron - Langenbrunn	Middle cavity	7920/025; ND 005014; ND8437008	protected
Schlossfelsenhöhle (Hohlochfels, Villa Hammerschmied)	Beuron - Hausen in the valley	Abri	7920/040
Loophole (Leibertingen)	Leibertingen	Small cave	7920/042	20 m above the macaroni cave
Schmiedbachbrunnen (Hausener village spring)	Beuron - Hausen in the valley ( 48 ° 5 '5.05 "  N , 9 ° 2' 24.03"  O )	Karst spring
Spiral cavity (Helga cavity)	Bingen - Hornstein		7821/14; ND8437069	protected
Pier cave	Bingen - Hornstein		7821 / ???
Steinrinnenhöhle	Messkirch - Menningen		7920/091; ND8437076	protected
Storzenstein cave	Stetten am kalten Markt - Frohnstetten		7820/057	Area Riederwäldle / Eubental
Talmühlequelle (Neidinger Talmühlquelle)	Beuron - Neidingen ( 48 ° 5 ′ 45.17 ″  N , 9 ° 3 ′ 57.61 ″  E )	Karst spring
Devil's Bridge Cave	Inzigkofen		7921/015; 8437069	worthy of protection; at the Amalienfelsen on the circular path around the memorial chapel
Teufelstor (Torfelsenhöhle, Torhöhle, Torgrotte, Höhle im Uhufels, Felstor im Uhufelsen)	Neufra	Natural bridge	7720 / 023a; ND8437040	protected; Peat rock caves in Teufelstal
Teufelstorfelsen	Gammertingen	Natural bridge	7721/003; ND8437033	protected
Teufelstorfelsen	Hettingen
Teufelstorhöhle 1 (Siebenschläferhöhle, Hettinger Grotte)	Hettingen		7721/028
Teufelstorhöhle 2	Hettingen		7721/029
Overhang at the western foot of the Petersfels (Kreuzfelsabri)	Beuron	Abri	7919 / o. No.	Petersfelsen
Overhang opposite Thiergarten station	Sigmaringen - Gutenstein	Abri	7920 / o. No.
Overhang near Falkenstein Cave (Falkenstein Cave II [overhang on the side of the largest cave])	Beuron - Thiergarten	Half-cave	7920 / o. No.
Uhufelshöhle im Fall (Uhufelshöhle, Uhufelsenhöhle)	Beuron - Hausen in the valley	Niche cave	7920/050; ND 005022; ND8437014	protected
Wagenburg passage cave	Beuron - Hausen in the valley	Passage cave	7920/015	Cave castle of the ruin Lägelen
Waterfall source	Veringenstadt	Famine well	7821 / ???; ND8437070	protected
Holy cave (Annahöhle)	Gammertingen	Horizontal cave	7721/006; ND8437042	protected
Root cavity	Bingen - Hornstein	Horizontal cave	7821 / ???; ND8437069	protected
Zigeunerhöhle (cave in the Zigeunerfels, Zigeunerfelshöhle)	Sigmaringen - Unterschmeien	Half-cave	7920/043; 8437012	worthy of protection

literature

• Hans Binder, Herbert Jantschke: Cave guide Swabian Alb. Caves, springs, waterfalls. 7th edition. DRW, Leinfelden-Echterdingen 2003, ISBN 3-87181-485-7 .
• State Institute for the Environment, Measurements and Nature Conservation Baden-Württemberg (Ed.): Geotopes in the administrative district of Tübingen: Characteristics of the district of Sigmaringen. 2007.

Web links

Commons : Höhlen im Landkreis Sigmaringen  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• FFH habitat type 8310 - caves and balms on the website of the State Institute for the Environment, Measurements and Nature Conservation Baden-Württemberg

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cut sheet TK25 for the district of Sigmaringen: 7720 Albstadt, 7721 Gammertingen, 7820 Winterlingen, 7821 Veringenstadt, 7919 Mühlheim an der Donau, 7920 Leibertingen, 7921 Sigmaringen, 7922 Bad Saulgau-West, 7923 Bad Saulgau-Ost, 8020 Meßkirch, 8021 Pfullendorf, 8022 Ostrach
2. ↑ See cave cadastre Swabian Alb , managed and constantly updated by Höhlen- und Heimatverein Laichingen e. V. (HHVL), in delimitation and subdivision to the cave cadastre in southwest Germany
3. ↑ Registration of the objects in the cave register Swabian Alb. A cadastral number consists of the sheet number of topographic maps on a scale of 1: 25000 (TK25) of the State Office for Geoinformation and Rural Development (LGL) and a consecutive ordinal number.
4. ↑ Registration of the objects in the list of natural monuments based on data from the regional association Bodensee-Oberschwaben and notifications from the Sigmaringen district office .
5. ↑ Registration of the objects by means of an identification number in the geotope database of the State Institute for the Environment, Measurements and Nature Conservation Baden-Württemberg (LUBW)