Jettenhöhle

#2390 among destinations in Germany

Nature, Natural attraction, Cave

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Jettenhöhle is a gypsum cave in the Hainholz gypsum karst landscape nature reserve near Düna, which cannot be visited. With its more than 600 meters long corridors, of which about 160 meters are accessible, it is the largest cave in the Hainholz area. Its entrance is located on the edge of a large sinkhole in a forested and intensely karstified landscape.

Coordinates: 51°41'3"N, 10°16'22"E

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Lower SaxonyGermany

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Jettenhöhle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Herzberg Castle, Alte Burg, Lichtenstein Cave, Museum im Ritterhaus.

3.2 miSE
Museum, Forts and castles
Herzberg Castle, Herzberg am Harz
81 min walk • Herzberg Castle is a German schloss in Herzberg am Harz in the district of Göttingen in the state of Lower Saxony. The present-day, quadrangular building has its origins in the 11th century as a medieval castle.
3.2 miN
Forts and castles
Alte Burg, Osterode am Harz
83 min walk • The Alte Burg is a ruined spur castle that only comprises half a bergfried and is located in the Lower Saxon district of Osterode in the Harz Mountains of central Germany. The name means "Old Castle".
4.9 miNW
Prehistoric site
Lichtenstein Cave
124 min walk • The Lichtenstein Cave, discovered in 1972, is an archaeological cave site near Dorste, Lower Saxony, Germany with a length of 115 m. The skeletal remains of 21 female humans and 19 males, dated to the Bronze Age, about 3,000 years ago were discovered.
2.9 miN
51°43'31"N • 10°15'15"E
Museum im Ritterhaus, Osterode am Harz
76 min walk • Museum
5.5 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Eichelnkopf
140 min walk • The Eichelnkopf is a 545.7 m high hill in the southwestern part of the Harz Mountains in the central German state of Lower Saxony.
4 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Großer Mittelberg, Harz National Park
103 min walk • The Großer Mittelberg is a ridge in the Harz Mountains of Germany that begins immediately northeast of Lonau in the district of Göttingen in Lower Saxony. It separates the valley of Kirchtal, through which the Große Lonau flows, from the Mariental and the Kleine Lonau. is...
5.7 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Steinkirche
146 min walk • The stone church Scharzfeld in the Harz Mountains is a cave near the Herzberg district of Scharzfeld in the district of Göttingen in southern Lower Saxony.
3.7 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Juessee, Herzberg am Harz
95 min walk • The Juessee is located in the middle of the urban area of Herzberg am Harz.
4.5 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Braakberg, Harz National Park
114 min walk • The Braakberg is a 645.5 metre high mountain in the Harz in central Germany, in the unincorporated area of Harz in the district of Göttingen in the state of Lower Saxony.
3.8 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Schindelkopf
98 min walk • The Schindelkopf in the Harz Mountains of central Germany is a southwestern outlier of the mountain ridge known as Auf dem Acker.
4.4 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Franzosenkopf, Harz National Park
112 min walk • The Franzosenkopf is a 562 metre high hill in the Harz Mountains of central Germany, which lies about 1.4 kilometres northeast of Lonau in the district of Göttingen in Lower Saxony.