Blauhöhle

Germany / Baden-Wurttemberg / Blaubeuren /
 cave / cave(s), karst, interesting place
The Blauhöhle is the largest cave system in the Swabian Alb in southern Germany. The Blauhöhle presumably originated in a time when the Danube still flowed through the Blau valley. Since the shifting of the Danube, several small rivers, the Schmiech, the Ach, and the Blau, have flowed through this valley. The cave system begins about 21 meters under water at the base of the Blautopf. It continues west and northwest, rising and falling several times until after a horizontal distance of about 1200 meters it comes above the level of ground water and opens into the second big air-filled chamber. The maximum depth of the cave under water is 42 m.

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blauhöhle
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Coordinates:   48°25'16"N   9°46'30"E
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