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The Top 19 Caves in the Hochschwarzwald

Looking to visit a cave in the Hochschwarzwald on your next adventure? To help you better plan your next outdoor experience, we’ve collected Hochschwarzwald’s 19

best caves for you. Based on the experiences of other users, each is a recommendation you know you can trust — so you can better plan your next adventure.

Last updated: November 1, 2025

Tannegger Waterfall

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The Tannegger Wasserfall is probably the most famous cascade of the Wutachschlucht. Over 15 meters deep, the water falls over mossy limestone walls that are bizarrely shaped and still growing.

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Alte-Mann-Felsen (Old Man's Rocks)

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Badenweiler can look back on a long mining tradition. Many names of paths and places, such as old man (= abandoned tunnel), plaster pit path or miner's rest still remind …

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Stone Age caves on the Ölberg

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The Mount of Olives is beautiful! The Stone Age caves are an absolute hit for children! The narrow paths on the Mount of Olives bring a lot of excitement and …

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Schauinsland Show Mine

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The museum mine Schauinsland

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The mine building, created over 800 years in the search for silver, lead and zinc in the Schauinsland, is approx. 100 km long, spread over …

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Löss Cave Tunnel

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It is a large cave or chamber in the loess in a loess hollow way. These hollow ways in the thick loess layers in the Kaiserstuhl were created by constant …

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Eselsbrunnen (wheel chamber)

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The Radstube
The biggest "enemy" of the miners in the mine is the water penetrating through cracks. It was mostly through a tunnel at the height of the valley bottom …

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Polar Bear Cave

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Polar bear cave? Hadn't found anything on the way. Have now researched and read that the polar bear cave collapsed in the great landslide in 2017.

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Nantelesloch Cave

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The name of the cave probably goes back to Nantosuelta, the Celtic goddess of the caves and the underworld.

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Loess cellar

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A small cave that used to be used as a cellar

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Schwärzhalde Tunnel

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mainly barite and quartz were mined

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The Top 19 Caves in the Hochschwarzwald

Tannegger Waterfall

Alte-Mann-Felsen (Old Man's Rocks)

Stone Age caves on the Ölberg

Schauinsland Show Mine

Löss Cave Tunnel

Eselsbrunnen (wheel chamber)

Polar Bear Cave

Nantelesloch Cave

Loess cellar

Schwärzhalde Tunnel

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