Upper Palatinate

The Top 20 Caves in Upper Palatinate

Looking to visit a cave in Upper Palatinate on your next adventure? To help you better plan your next outdoor experience, we’ve collected Upper Palatinate’s 20 best caves for you. Based on the experiences of other users, each is a recommendation you know you can trust — so you can better plan your next adventure.

Vogelherdgrotte

Mysteriengrotte

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Vogelherdgrotte
Hiking Highlight
The Vogelherdgrotte is an impressive karst cave near Krottensee. It consists of Franconian dolomite (Malm). The cave experiences heavy recreational use.

But you can also enjoy this place wonderfully if …
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Tip by 〽️Markus
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Mysteriengrotte
Hiking Highlight
In winter, beautiful ice formations can be admired here, also inside. The strange name of the cave can be traced back to a legend. There is an information board in front of the entrance.
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Tip by Susanne
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Räuber-Heigl-Höhle
Hiking Highlight
Small, somewhat hidden cave with two chambers. It once offered shelter to the robber Michael Heigl until his hiding place was discovered through treachery.
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Tip by Michi1001
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Hohlloch
Hiking Highlight
The large mouth can be seen from afar, beautiful paths lead to the hollow hole.
Just the junk from the parties.
And the shortcut to the little hollow hole is the hammer,
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Tip by Alwin
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Räuberhöhle
Mountain Biking Highlight
The hall-like cave used to serve as a shelter for all kinds of villains. (At least that's what they say.) ;-) The cave is a great destination and great to …
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Tip by Betty Achrainer
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Cooling hole cave
Hiking Highlight
In the back left of the cave is a smaller passage, if you follow it you can cross the cave. In some places it is a bit narrower but it …
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Tip by Cathrin
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Osterhöhle
Hiking Highlight
Very nice, shady beer garden. Note opening hours! A visit to the small but fine stalactite cave is definitely worth it.
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Tip by Rombea
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Cäciliengrotte
Hiking Highlight
Wow. A cave with three chambers, which I think is quite large.
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Tip by *Hendrik*👨‍👩‍👧‍👦
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Kruzerloch
Hiking Highlight
The Krügerloch (Kruzerloch) is a cave in the Dogger Sandstone. Its formation is mostly natural, but has been artificially expanded. more information:
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Tip by Stefan V.
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