Großes Hasenloch Cave

Very interesting cave with references to the time from yesteryear. It's worth taking a flashlight with you!

The large hare hole near Pottenstein used to be one of the most famous sites of ancient Neanderthal tools and stone tools.

The legend tells us how this cave got its name.

Instead, they preferred to play robbers and gendarme, so that no one could watch them, they did not scurry around the place, as they always did, but sneaked into the forest, they were completely inside her Game deepened, then saw a snow-white hare, who could not walk properly, he limped along and pulled a leg.Alongly, the boys stopped chasing each other, they made a joke to rush the harassed rabbits deeper and deeper into the forest, until they were standing in front of a cave unknown to them, into which the rabbit fled in. Fearfully, they stood in the mountain in front of the dark entrance, and only one of the boys dared to speak by a lewd word and exclaimed: "What do you all have? He's in the trap. "He climbed into the cave, but for a long time nothing stirred, but then the boys heard a miserable cry from the cave, and silence returned, and the boys rushed back to the town center in panic The father of the missing boy immediately rushed to the cave with a few other men, where they found the boy torn to the ground, the hare had been none other than the Cave Poodle, who had turned into a lame rabbit for ridicule. Since then the cave is called "Hasenloch". "
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The rabbit hole is a hall cave in which extensive material from the Paleolithic was found. The rabbit hole was therefore a station for Stone Age hunters in the Ice Age. Bones found in the cave prove that mammoths, cave lions, cave bears and rhinos lived in the area and were also hunted by humans.
There is also a legend told by the Pottenstein residents. Everyone has to decide for themselves whether it corresponds to the truth. But old legends usually have an origin .....
Some Pottenstein boys skipped the service one Sunday morning. Instead, they preferred to play robbers and gendarmes. So that no one could watch them, they didn't frolic around the village as they always did, but rather sneaked into the forest. They were completely absorbed in their game, then saw a snow-white hare that could not walk properly, it was limping and dragging one leg. Immediately the boys stopped chasing each other, they made fun of chasing the damaged hare. They got deeper and deeper into the forest until they stood in front of an unknown cave into which the hare took refuge. They stood in fear of the dark entrance into the mountain. Only one of the boys dared to stand out with a cheeky word and shouted: "What have you got? He's trapped in there". He went into the cave.
For a long time nothing moved, but then the boys heard a pitiful scream from the cave, whereupon silence returned. In panic they ran into the village and alerted their parents. The missing boy's father immediately rushed to the cave with several other men. There they found the boy lying mangled on the floor. The hare had been nothing more than the cave pug, who had turned into a lame hare for mockery. Since then the cave has been called "Hasenloch".