Finsteres Loch Cave

The Finstere Loch is located in a recreational area on the wooded south side of the Rosenstein, about two kilometers east of Heubach to about 670 m. above sea level. NHN. The cave can only be reached on foot and over partially unpaved forest roads.
The passageway with a total length of 140 meters is the longest of the more than 30 caves on the Rosenstein. It has, in addition to the two naturally formed mouthholes in the south and northeast, on another side access, the so-called window. Processing marks in the rock show that this is an artificially created opening. When and for what purpose it was created in the middle of the cave is not known.

The cave widens shortly after the southern entrance into a hall up to 17 m wide and 5 m high. The crevasse continues along a crevasse, becomes narrower, lower, rises and, after about 50 m, joins another, now 36 m long and up to 6.5 m wide, hall, which measures 13 m at its highest point. About a slope leads a 25 m long corridor to the northeastern exit of the cave.

To protect overwintering bats, the three cave entrances are provided with bars. The grille at the south entrance has a door that is open during the summer months.
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Opening hours from 1st May to 30th September. Otherwise closed due to wintering of bats.

Do not forget to wear a torch or a torch for the visit, be careful when walking as the stones are wet and slippery.