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<< Other Photo Pages >> Jungfernhoehle (Virgin's cave) - Cave or Rock Shelter in Germany in Bavaria

Submitted by KaiHofmann on Friday, 18 March 2011  Page Views: 3148

Natural PlacesSite Name: Jungfernhoehle (Virgin's cave)
Country: Germany
NOTE: This site is 6.469 km away from the location you searched for.
Land: Bavaria Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Bamberg  Nearest Village: Tiefenellern
Latitude: 49.919498N  Longitude: 11.088143E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
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2Not Good
1Awful
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5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
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Jungfernhoehle (Virgin's cave)
Jungfernhoehle (Virgin's cave) submitted by Flickr : In der Jungfernhoehle Die Jungfernhöhle in der Fränkischen Schweiz ist ein neolithischer Kultplatz der Bandkeramiker (Jungsteinzeit). Es wurden darin ca. 6150 Jahre alte Skelett- und Schädelreste von mind. 40 Menschen gefunden. In der Gegend existieren Sagen über umherspukende kopflose Jungfrauen im Bereich der Höhle. The Virgin's Cave (Jungfernhoehle) in the Franconian Switzerland i... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Cave or Rock Shelter in Bavaria

This ancient cave contained human bones (early neolithic) and skulls of 38 persons, mostly young girls less than 14 years old. There where indications of ritualized canibalism.
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Jungfernhoehle (Virgin's cave)
Jungfernhoehle (Virgin's cave) submitted by Flickr : Jungfernhoehle bei Tiefenellern ( Virgin's Cave ) Die Jungfernhöhle in der Fränkischen Schweiz ist ein neolithischer Kultplatz der Bandkeramiker (Jungsteinzeit). Es wurden darin ca. 6150 Jahre alte Skelett- und Schädelreste von mind. 40 Menschen gefunden. In der Gegend existieren Sagen über umherspukende kopflose Jungfrauen im Bereich der Höhle. The Virgin's Cave (Jungfernhoehle) in ... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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