Wendelsteinhöhle - Bavaria, DE - Cave Entrances (Natural) on Waymarking.com

It is located directly at the mountain station of the Wendelstein rack railway in the Wendelstein massif. The entrance to the cave is 1,711 meters above sea level. It is the highest show cave in Germany. The cave was created as a karst cave in the massive, by mountain formation strongly rugged Wettersteinkalk. Of the total length of 523 meters, 170 meters are used for guided tours.

The Wendelstein cave is registered under geotope number 187H001.

The cave was discovered in 1864 by a resident of Bayrischzell. In the fall of 1882, the first expert scrutiny took place. In 1921, the cave was opened to visitors and provided with electrical lighting. The paths and footbridges as well as the lighting were renewed after the Second World War. In 1962, a non-collision-prone access tunnel was created. In 2010, the show cave was completely renovated. In the course of the EU-funded project "Inntal Underworlds", a network of four cave objects was created. The lighting has been completely renewed and converted to LED. Paths and stairs as well as the pedestal in the natural entrance were repaired or renewed. In the cave four information displays have been attached, which provide information on four topics, namely psychology, biology, geology and philosophy. The cave is independently walktrough without guidance.

Source Wikipedia, translated

Type of Land: State Park Managed By: County of Bavaria Contact Info: info@wendelsteinbahn.de Website: [Web Link] Type of Cave: Karst Cave Contains Stalactites: no Contains Stalagmites: no Contains Bats: yes Price of Admission: 2.00 (listed in local currency)

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