Sibyllenloch

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Front view of Teck Castle with Sibyllenloch
Entrance to the Sibyllenloch

The Sibyllenloch is a cave of the Teckberg , which is located in the limestone rock below Teck Castle near Kirchheim unter Teck in the state of Baden-Württemberg . There is also a cave in the Kirnbachtal near Ebersbach an der Fils that bears the name Sibyllenloch.

location

The cave is located below the lookout tower of Teck Castle. Immediately in front of the castle gate, the narrow approach to the cave entrance branches off to the right. The path continues past the cave and forms a much steeper ascent variant to the castle.

Notice board at the entrance

legend

A legend has grown up around the Sibyllenloch , here in a 20th century version:

In a castle deep down in the Sibyllenloch at the foot of the Teckfelsen lived the Sibylle, a wise woman; she helped many who wanted to get advice from her, because she knew everything and foresaw the future. She kept many treasures of gold and precious stones hidden in her castle in the depths, but she was benevolent: some poor people in need did not climb the steep path to her in vain. But the Sibylle's three sons were of a different kind. They built their own castles behind the Teck up the valley, one on the Rauber , the other on the Diepoldsburg and the third on the Wielandstein . From these castles they plagued the peasants and plundered the merchants; in short, as much as the good Sibyl did good, her sons did as much evil. This is why the good mother of her unwary sons was ashamed and no longer wanted to stay near her. One evening she drove through the air from her cave on a fiery chariot pulled by two wild cats; you could see her hair flying like a tan in the evening sun. But no one knows where she went. Only in the places where her car cut a track on the ground does the grain grow more luxuriantly than anywhere else - the last blessing that the divorced leave people behind.

Researches

Research by the State Office for the Preservation of Monuments in Baden-Württemberg has shown that the track known as the Sybillenspur is the Lautertal-Limes . Thicker humus layers in the filled-in trenches are the reason for the better growth of the plants.

Excavations that uncovered numerous Ice Age animal skeletons were carried out at the end of the 19th century. The finds are estimated to be between 15,000 and 20,000 years old. The bones of cave bears , cave lions , mammoths , rhinos and wild horses provided the scientists with important information about the history of the Swabian Alb .

literature

  • Rolf Götz: The Sibylle von der Teck. The legend and its roots in the sibyl myth . Gottlieb and Osswald, Kirchheim unter Teck 1999, ISBN 3-925589-23-6 , ( series of publications by the Stadtarchiv Kirchheim unter Teck 25) ( online ).
  • Hans Binder , Herbert Jantschke: Cave guide Swabian Alb. Caves - springs - waterfalls . 7th completely revised edition. DRW-Verlag, Leinfelden-Echterdingen 2003, ISBN 3-87181-485-7 , p. 117-118 . .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rudolf Kapff: Swabian sagas (= German saga treasure, part 21), Jena 1926, p. 69 f., Quoted from: Rolf Götz: Die Sibylle von der Teck. The legend and its roots in the sibyl myth . Kirchheim unter Teck 1999, p. 54
  2. ^ Website of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Höhle & Karst Grabenstetten eV

Web links

Commons : Sibyllenloch  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 48 ° 35 ′ 20.7 "  N , 9 ° 28 ′ 11.6"  E