Wendelsteinhöhle parking area cog railway: motorway A8 and/or A93, exit Brannenburg, Sudelfeldstraße 106 D-83098 Brannenburg, Germany parking area cable car: motorway A8, exit Irschenberg D-83735 Bayrischzell, Osterhofen 90 info phone: +49(0)8034/308-0 Wendelsteinbahn GmbH, Brannenburg www.wendelsteinbahn.de Additional information: for your guidance you will Grafenloch fi nd detailed information (in German language), pho- tos and maps in the folder, the richly illustrated cave motorway A 93, exit Oberaudorf, towards village centre book, and the picture book. parking area: D-83080 Oberaudorf, Germany start of the hiking trail: Guidance: an information Rathausplatz / tourist information system gives an overview of the info phone: +49(0)8033/301-20 Four paths - four caves - four experiences. Deep respective cave’s characteris- excursions for the whole family: the “inntaler tics – including the hiking trail’s community Oberaudorf unterwelten” – an exciting experience concept and the gastronomy’s descrip- www.oberaudorf.de of four varied caves in the surrounding area, tion. You can fi nd it in the town located between Bavaria and Tyrol, ideal for centre, the tourist information Tischoferhöhle families, hikers and nature lovers wishing to or the parking area. discover the mystery of humans and cave for motorway A 12, exit Kufstein Nord (leaving Germany themselves. Information panels: stops are no badge is required), at the roundabout turn towards Each of the four caves may be reached on at- even on the cave hiking trail, Ebbs, after approx. 500 m turn right to the Kaiserauf- tractive and varying hiking trails and offers the where required and important stieg parking areas (signposted). visitor another interesting aspect of perceiving for details of the respective parking area: A-6330 Ebbs/Eichelwang, cave, and panels inform you of Kaiseraufstieg 25, Austria nature and of the humans’ cultural history which the cave’s characteristics with has developed between humans and caves in short descriptions, surveys, and community Ebbs the course of thousands of years. interesting background data. www.ebbs.tirol.gv.at Hundalm Eishöhle Young speleologists: these four caves of experience are a Inntal motorway A 12, exit Kirchbichl, leave the round- great adventure particularly for about towards Mariastein, at the country inn Schloss- children following the traces of blick turn right towards Angerberg and Embach until cave bears and Ice Age men, www.unterwelten.com reaching the parking area (signposted). bats and snow crystals, me- parking area: A-6320 Angerberg, dieval knights, and mysterious Embach 128 / Austria mythic fi gures! Landesverein für Höhlenkunde in Tirol Travelling exhibition: the con- www.hoehle-tirol.com cept of „inntaler unterwelten“ is regularly presented by means inntaler unterwelten of informative displays and a variety of spectacular cave pic- Peter Hofmann: idea, content, photos www.tropfstein.de tures at selected places and on This project was co-fi nanced with funds of the European Regional Hans W. Lehmann: design concept www.cavelive.de expert congresses in Germany Development Fund (EFRE). Gerlinde Seebacher, Bad Aibling: translation and abroad. The knights’ life in a cave shelter: by means of A wilderness of rock and ice: fascinating shapes the Grafenloch’s impressive preserved walls you of ice which continues to exist during the whole can study a knightly cave castle of the High and summer up to a thickness of 7 m alternate with Late Middle Ages. Archaeological studies in 2008 mysterious dripstone formations: an exceptio- have shown the importance of the cave castle nal combination, which is extremely rare. It is Grafenloch as a physical structure of the 10th advisable to take along a warm jacket! The path up to the early 13th century. Its spectacular even leads exactly across the ice. The carbide location in a vertical wall fascinates each visitor. lamps, held by the visitors, are illuminating The Audorf cave path is an exciting and varied continuously new scenarios in an impressive hiking trail with the Audorf museum of local his- way. A mysterious wilderness, only accessible tory, the Ponor Cave, and the historic inn “Weber within the scope of guided tours and diffi cult to an der Wand” via Luegstein lake to Grafenloch. be explored. Journey of discovery into darkness: the fascina- Cave animals and cave men: the splendid and tion of a cave – an ancient human experience. easy hiking trail to the Tischofer Cave leads to Just visit Germany’s highest located tour cave! one of the most beautiful valleys of the Alps: When exploring it by yourself as you fancy, you the landscape of Kaisertal. The Tischofer Cave may discover the salamander passage, the cold is one of the most interesting sites of prehis- trap, the scour fi ssure, and the Dome. Concen- toric fi ndings in Tyrol and has been fascinating trate on the stones and fi nd the water’s traces, science for more than 400 years! Until now, not and you will be surprised how exciting a path only the bones of 380 cave bears have been of 170 m through the mountain’s belly may be! retrieved from this exceptional spacious cave of Four media-stations with interactive steles pro- 40 metres: even the humans left prepared bone vide you with detailed information and exceptio- points with an age of 37.000 years, Bronze Age nal aspects with respect to the topics of geology tombs, fi replaces, and tools for a metal foundry, and biology, psychology and philosophy. which is particularly fascinating! Cold trap: cold air concentrates Climbing route: the Grafenloch Hyena Cave: the small Hyena Frozen waterfall: shortly after on the cave’s lowest level below Cave can be seen from the in- Cave which is located directly going 122 steps downstairs to its natural entrance, and during formation panel, and from now at the Tischofer Cave is like- reach the cave, an impressive summer you can still often see on the trail is a challenge. Only wise important in archeological ice world appears. At the dome the huge snow cone’s residues. experienced hikers may over- respect. with a length of 25 m a fascinat- It was formed in winter from come the last metres, secured ing ice column is to be found snow blown in the cave. by ropes along the rock, and which seems to cascade from a pass a ladder to reach the cave. gaping ceiling hole. Food, refreshment and Weber an der Wand: this cave Gastronomy: the Veitenhof Alpine gastronomy: tasty mountain panorama: in the house and historic inn is unique is located closest to the cave. snacks for alpinists, a homely Wendelsteinhaus you can enjoy in the whole Alpine region. It You will need approximately 20 room, a splendid landscape: the your meal and a spectacular goes back to a monk’s cell, minutes from the cave entrance. Alpine inn Buchacker is worth view of the Central Alps from and in the course of the 19th Towards the valley it is pos- being visited. It is the last pos- the sunny top station terrace, century the world was a guest sible to stop at Pfandlhof and sibility of having a meal, before the ample panorama restaurant there. You can stop there again Enzianhof. reaching the cave! or the traditional pub rooms. to enjoy delicious meals!.