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Echo Cave

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Echo Cave

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Echo Cave

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Bodetal

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Location: Thale, Landkreis Harz, Harz Mountains, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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Christoph 🦊

February 28, 2022

The sound cave is an approx. 20m long tunnel from 1760 located directly on the Bode. The Thaler gardener Heinrich Recklen sold his "water of life" there after it was forbidden to amuse the guests with cannon shots:

"Whoever comes to me does not come in vain,
I bring you the source of life.
And no one died who drank from it,
as long as he swung that cup! "

In 1875, Recleben was run over by a beer carriage, the cave was then closed and is now used as a retreat for bats.

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Gᵤₘₘᵢᵥₑᵣₗₑgₑᵣ👀

November 9, 2019

As one calls into the forest, it echoes out. How one
calls into this cave, it does not echo out - but-
louder! The one that was built in 1760 in search of ore
The sound cavity is about 20 m long and relatively low.
Therefore it throws back the sound more intensely. Already closed
At the beginning of the 19th century, clever people tried to
te of the Bodetal through various attractions to one
to encourage them to stay longer or to return. So
had the wife of a coalmaker been given permission
Gun shots into the cave to amuse the strangers.
admit. Of course she did this for a fee. After your
Death in 1843 this permission went to the gardener HEINRICH RECK-
LIFE (1793-1875) about. The gunshots made, however
shy of the horses standing at the hotel "Waldkater". A be-
The hotel owner's complaint was successful. The gulle was
prohibited.

Source: information board on site

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Andrea

August 21, 2022

The sound cave is a short tunnel near the exit of the Bodetal near Thale in the Harz Mountains.
It is not far from the Katerstieg bridge.
The artificial cavity in the rock serves as a refuge for bats.

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Elevation 200 m

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Location: Thale, Landkreis Harz, Harz Mountains, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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1. Bode Riverbank – Bodekessel loop from Allrode

2. Bodekessel – Bode Riverbank loop from Thale Hauptbahnhof

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