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Anton-Völkel Cave

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Anton-Völkel Cave

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    Location: Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

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    August 7, 2016

    Hiking

    A piece can be crawled in, then the grotto opens, but only for the cave walkers with equipment.
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    January 3, 2024

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    The cave entrance is very narrow, you can't actually imagine that there was a secret printing press in this cave where leaflets against the Nazi regime were printed. And the person responsible, Ludwig Göhring, also survived the Nazi era!
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    April 5, 2025

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    The Anton Völkel Cave is a natural karst cave named after the speleologist Anton Völkel, who died in an accident on May 10, 1923. The cave is freely accessible year-round. Due to cave protection measures and the bats that hibernate there, it is closed from October to April.

    More on Wikipedia:
    de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton-V%C3%B6lkel-Grotte
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    Elevation 560 m

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