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Submitted by KaiHofmann on Friday, 21 February 2014 Page Views: 1488

Natural PlacesSite Name: Wendalinushöhle
Country: Germany Land: Saarland Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Sankt Wendel Nearest Village: Baltersweiler
Latitude: 49.498242N Longitude: 7.149276E
Condition:

5	Perfect
4	Almost Perfect
3	Reasonable but with some damage
2	Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1	Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0	No data.
-1	Completely destroyed

4 Ambience:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

3 Access:

5	Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4	Short walk on a footpath
3	Requiring a bit more of a walk
2	A long walk
1	In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0	No data.

4 Accuracy:

5	co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4	co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3	co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2	co-ordinates of the nearest village
1	co-ordinates of the nearest town
0	no data

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ELindey visited on 30th Jun 2019 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 3 A short walk with a slightly steep finish. This cave had a somewhat spooky feeling to it and I was uncomfortable turning my back to it.

**Wendalinushöhle** submitted by KaiHofmann : the Wendalinushöhle (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cave or Rock Shelter in Saarland

A 6m deep cave. The legend told from the Saint Wendalinus of the 6th century CE which was moving very fast with his sheep flock to his masters farm. The cave was possible a mithraeum.
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