!!!Dachsteinhöhlen

Dachstein Caves, cave system on the northern edge of the Dachstein 
mountain, can be reached by cableway from Obertraun to Schoenbergalm 
pasture (alt. 1,338 m). The system comprises the 
"Rieseneishoehle" cave ("giant ice cave", 2,000 m, fitted with 
electric light since 1928), one of Central Europe´s largest 
subterranean ice landscapes, seen by more than 200,000 visitors per 
year, and the "Mammut" cave (47,978 m, impressive tunnels with 
stalactites), one of Europe´s largest limestone caves, the 
tunnels of which were carved by a subterranean river. 1981 discovery 
of a vertical extension of 1,180 m. The Dachstein caves were 
first explored, measured and made accessible in 1909/10 and granted 
the status of a nature preserve in 1928.


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