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Klausen Caves

Klausen Caves

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Klausen Caves

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Location: Essing, Kelheim, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

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Stefan V.

February 23, 2020

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It is a public cave in the Altmühl valley. The ca.330 meter long cave in the Jura limestone is between 25 and 55 meters above the valley floor. The cave consists of several rock niches lying close together at four different altitudes. As archaeological sites, they are divided (from bottom to top) into the Lower Klause, the Klausenniche as well as the Middle and Upper Klause.

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de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klausenh%C3%B6hle

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🇪🇺Raubach🇺🇦

May 30, 2020

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Really great caves 😊👍

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JR56

July 23, 2023

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The settlement history of the Altmühl valley began at the beginning of the last ice age, in the so-called Würm ice age, about 80,000 years ago. On the other hand, …

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Elevation 390 m

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