Riesending Cave
Pit cave
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Interest in “Riesending Cave” spiked on Wikipedia on 2026-02-27.
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2026-01-30Peak: 22026-02-21
30-day total: 9
Key Takeaways
- The Riesending Cave is a pit cave in the Untersberg near Berchtesgaden, Germany, and Salzburg, Austria.
- It was discovered in 1996.
The Riesending Cave is a pit cave in the Untersberg near Berchtesgaden, Germany, and Salzburg, Austria. At 1,148 m it is the deepest and at 19,300 m the longest cave in Germany. It was discovered in 1996. In June 2014 it became well known because of a large effort to rescue a lead speleologist.
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