At the Little Castle Lindenau – Bockstein Cave loop from Löwenmensch

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Germany

Baden-Württemberg

At the Little Castle Lindenau – Bockstein Cave loop from Löwenmensch

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At the Little Castle Lindenau – Bockstein Cave loop from Löwenmensch

01:40

6.22km

80m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 3, 2026

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Mittleres Lonetal

Geopark Schwäbische Alb

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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133 m

At the Little Castle Lindenau

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Whether hiking or cycling, the Schlössle is easily accessible from the Lonetal. Uphill a bit and you can eat well or just linger and have a drink.

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1.19 km

Bear Cave and Hohlenstein-Stadel

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The Stadel Cave in Hohlenstein is often referred to as St. Peter's Basilica of the Stone Age, since important cult finds from the Palaeolithic were made here, such as the lion man and a skull burial.

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1.33 km

Lion Man Sculpture Playground

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Archeology you can touch, and right next to it you can do gymnastics and climb.

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2.07 km

Lonetal Nature Trail

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The Lone Valley and its surrounding area offer attractive travel destinations. The Charlotten Cave with its fascinating stalactites has long been known far beyond the region. In the Lone Valley …

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3.04 km

The Bockstein Cave registered in the World Heritage List is freely accessible. Finds from it can be dated back to 50,000 to 70,000 years ago, making the Bockstein Cave the oldest Neanderthal settlement complex in southern Germany.

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3.87 km

Cave Hyena Sculpture in the Mittleres Lonetal

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Subspecies of the spotted hyena that lived in Europe until the Late Pleistocene.
Cave hyenas were not true cave dwellers, as the name might suggest. They only visited the caves …

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4.33 km

Tree and Shrub Species Trail Mittleres Lonetal

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On this route, most of the trees are provided with name tags so that you can immediately tell which tree species it is.

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6.22 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.54 km

1.30 km

333 m

Surfaces

2.68 km

1.84 km

905 m

729 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (520 m)

Lowest point (470 m)

Weather

Wednesday 7 October

17°C

8°C

71 %

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Max wind speed: 18.0 km/h

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Comments

February 15, 2023,Bockstein-Runde

Very nice little house tour at the Bocksteinhöhle...
Thank you very much for the great company ‼️😁

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March 16, 2022,Bockstein-Ründchen mit Gudrun

After months, I was finally able to get my little sister to at least go on a small tour today 👍😁 This little round was just the right thing, and then we went to Eselsburg for lunch...

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March 24, 2022,Neandertaler-Weg im Lonetal

Today we went from the Gasthaus Lindenau near Rammingen on the Neanderthal path. After an instructive tour through the very arid mixed forest, we went to the Bockstein viewpoint, then down a narrow path to the first cave of this tour, the Bockstein cave. Then always along the Lone... Or what is currently left after the dry months without snow... …

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