Barbarossahöhle
Museum in Kyffhäuserland, Germany
The Barbarossa Cave (German: Barbarossahöhle) is an anhydrite cave (gypsum cave) in the Kyffhäuser Hills near Rottleben in the east German state of Thuringia. It is a cave with large caverns, grottos and lakes. The anhydrite has formed gypsum on the surface due to the air moisture in the cave and, as a result, has increased in volume. The resulting layers of gypsum gradually separate from the underlying rock and hang like wallpaper from the walls and ceilings of the caverns. The cave was discovered in 1865 as a gallery was being driven during prospecting work for kupferschiefer, a copper-beari
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- Where:
- Kyffhäuserland, Germany
- Coordinates:
- 51.38°N, 11.04°E
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