Top 10 Caves around Barchfeld-Immelborn

Small cave below the Beerbergstein

A truly impressive rock gate.

Guided tour, approximately 1.5 hours. Beautiful illuminations. Concerts are sometimes held there. 7/8°C, so wear a jacket even in summer.

A short detour to the grotto is not necessary if your feet are already aching...for everyone else the extra few meters are worth it

A guided tour through the cave is recommended. Small but nice... All information and online tickets at https://www.bad-liebenstein.de/hoehle?ved=2ahUKEwiap7nDldqLAxU6hv0HHRUXFjoQgU96BAgfEAQ With the spa card you get a discount when buying tickets at the tourist information office in Bad Liebenstein.

Geological natural monument - Beerbergstein: During the Rotliegend, around 280 million years ago, molten magma penetrated the earth's surface and spread like a blanket over the existing rocks. Most of the rock cover has already been removed. The vein-like ascent channel has been preserved on the Beerbergstein. It consists of pale red porphyry. Small reddish feldspars and, more rarely, small quartz grains are sometimes included in the fine-grained matrix. The porphyry is very hard and resists weathering better than the surrounding rock, which is mostly granite. For this reason, the Beerbergstein is preserved today as a huge block of rock. It is not known whether the small grotto in the Beerbergstein dates back to mining work. (...from information board)

A really worthwhile mine trip by mountain bike to the Merkers potash mine. The tour offers a lot of interesting things and things worth seeing. For example, in the large bunker you can find the largest shovel excavator ever used underground. In the gold room we were also told a lot of interesting facts about the treasures of the German Reichsbank that were stored there during World War II. And the crystal grotto at a depth of 800m is a real feast for the eyes. But the best thing about it were the prevailing temperatures between 21°C and 28°C, even during our visit in December.

The Altenstein Cave is a karst cave located in a 255 million year old limestone reef. At the time, the Thuringian Forest was roughly at the same level as North Africa and was covered by a shallow sea, while the mountains had already slightly protruded as an island. Over millions of years, water washed out the cave's passages. A stream still flows through the cave today. The entrance was discovered during road construction work in 1799. Just three years later, the Duke made it accessible to visitors and fully integrated it into his landscape park. A pond was dammed in the cave that could be navigated and echo concerts were held inside. The Altenstein Cave is therefore the oldest show cave in Thuringia. It has so far been explored over a length of 2 km. Only the first 330 m are accessible to visitors. If you want to take part in a 1 1/2 hour guided tour, you have to buy your ticket in advance! There are three dates a day, which can be booked online or at the Bad Liebenstein Tourist Information Center. The meeting point is at the benches in front of the cave.