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Upper Palatinate

Amberg-Sulzbach

Starenfels Cave (Green Grotto)

Upper Palatinate

Amberg-Sulzbach

Starenfels Cave (Green Grotto)

Highlight • Cave

Starenfels Cave (Green Grotto)

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Naturpark Fränkische Schweiz - Frankenjura

Location: Etzelwang, Amberg-Sulzbach, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

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Tips

February 5, 2020

Hiking

You have to scramble to get to the 23-meter-long and 8-meter-high, up to two-meter-wide gap cave. It is also called the “Green Grotto”. Important: don't forget your flashlight! Observe bat protection time: Do not walk in the caves from October 1st to March 31st. Stone and bone tools, bronze parts and ceramic fragments that were found here can be used to infer an early human dwelling.

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May 29, 2016

Hiking

An impressive room opens up inside the cave, but no climbing is possible without climbing.

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May 24, 2017

Hiking

The cave is also included in the Hirschbach Cave Trail.
A day trip over 20 km with the visit of numerous caves.
gemeinde-hirschbach.de/seite/216705/hirschbacher-h%C3%B6hlenrundweg.html

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Elevation 610 m

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Location: Etzelwang, Amberg-Sulzbach, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

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