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The Top 9 Caves in Hersfeld-Rotenburg

Looking to visit a cave in Hersfeld-Rotenburg on your next adventure? To help you better plan your next outdoor experience, we’ve collected Hersfeld-Rotenburg’s 9

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 28, 2025

Rock cellar beneath the Blumenstein Castle ruins

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Interesting place, a notice board would be nice.

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Hilmeser Loch Sinkhole

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The Hilmeser Loch is a shaft cave created by landslides in the limestone on the Landecker Berg. The burglar funnel is secured with a wooden railing. The cave was created …

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Since November 2020, there have again been two hibernation quarters for rare bats (Greater mouse-eared bat and Bechstein's bat) in the former mine tunnels on the Ölberg near Nentershausen.
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Kurfürsten-Stollen Iba

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The Kurfürstenstollen is located directly on the Iba nature trail. There has been evidence of mining in the Richelsdorf Mountains since 1460. Since then, Iba has been closely associated with …

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Hilmeser Loch Natural Monument

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The closed hole is the natural monument "Hilmeser Loch". The last depth measured in 2018 by the Cave Research Club Bad Hersfeld e.V. was about 20 m. Reports from the …

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Neuer Mut Mine near Hattenbach

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There is a wealth of information on this topic, published in several "My Homeland" supplements of the Hersfelder Zeitung.
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Ransbacher Senke Cave

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The “Ransbacher Senke” rift cave is of regional importance as winter quarters for bats. In 2008, the State Association for Cave and Karst Research Hessen e. V. for example the Bechstein's bat and the great mouse-eared bat.

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Hasselfeld Tunnel

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Above Süss, the Richelsdorfer Hütte operated the heavy spar tunnel, which was excavated from 1910. About 2 years ago, the main line was expanded to a length of about 1.2 …

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Entrance of the Former Carlstollen (1720)

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The Carlstollen tunnel bores over five kilometers through the mountain to below the village of Süß, reaching depths of up to 120 meters in places, and was equipped with 21 …

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