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Attendorn limestone cavern

Cave · Sauerland · 270 m
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  • Die Atta-Höhle
    Die Atta-Höhle
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The total length of the Atta Cavern measures 6,670 meters, of which about 1,800 meters are open to the public. The tour through the easily accessible limestone cavern takes about 40 minutes. The temperature in the Atta Cavern is constantly 9°C every day, 365 times a year, summertimes like wintertimes.

More than 40 million visitors from all over the world have allowed themselves to be caught in the spell of Germany´s largest and certainly most beautiful limestone cavern with its stalactites and stalagmites, the Atta Cavern. Discover the fascinating limestone paradise in the south of the Sauerland - it is Germany´s largest system of connected limestone caverns.

The Atta Cavern was discovered by accident. What a coincidence!
Quarry workers of the Biggetal limestone company couldn´t believe their eyes when they were blown up on July the 19th in 1907: as the huge dust cloud of the explosion had subsided, they looked into an exposed gap in the rock, flooded with sunny daylight. They crawled in and what they saw left them speechless.
The workers looked into a labyrinth of the most beautiful limestone formations - artfully grown stalactites and stalagmites - stone curtains that hung artfully on the rock face as if a decorator had done his master´s certificate with it.

The Attendorn quarry workers had - without knowing it - uncovered the entrance to one of the greatest natural wonders on earth: the entrance to the fabulous Atta Cavern. Named after Princess Atta who gave the hanseativ city of Attendorn her name.

Cave therapy / speleotherapy, show cave, restaurant, café, package deals, tours as required about every 15 minutes

Price:

Erwachsene: 11.50
Kinder: 7.00
Familienkarte (2 Erw. & 2 Kin.): 30.00
Gesellschaften (ab 25 Pers.) p.P.: 10.50
Schul- & Jugendgruppen (ab 20 Pers.) p.P.: 6.50

Coordinates

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51.125882, 7.914631
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51°07'33.2"N 7°54'52.7"E
UTM
32U 424047 5664383
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Attendorn limestone cavern

Finnentroper Straße 39
57439 Attendorn
Phone 02722-93750 Fax 02722-937525

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