Schelklingen: Hahnenweide - Dornstadt
Schelklingen has served as a settlement in the Swabian Alb since the Middle Ages. The town lies in the valley of the Schmiech, a Danube tributary, amid the limestone uplands of Baden-Württemberg. Above the historic core stands the ruin of Hohenschelklingen Castle, while the surrounding plateau is shaped by fields, woodland and small settlements. Schelklingen is internationally significant for Hohle Fels, a cave in the Ach Valley where archaeologists found some of the world’s oldest known figurative artworks, including the Venus of Hohle Fels. The Hahnenweide area belongs to this rural edge of town, where local roads meet the open Alb landscape.
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Schelklingen straddles the Ach River in the Swabian Alb of Baden-Württemberg, and its position in a limestone valley has tied the town to the region’s karst terrain. Above the historic centre stand the ruins of Hohenschelklingen Castle, a reminder of Schelklingen’s medieval past. Just outside town, Hohle Fels cave forms part of the UNESCO World Heritage site Caves and Ice Age Art in the Swabian Jura; the Venus of Hohle Fels, an Ice Age ivory figurine, was discovered there. The Ach valley also leads towards Blaubeuren and the Blautopf spring, a major feature of the Alb’s underground water system. Move on to other webcams in Baden-Württemberg to compare landscapes and settings around the Swabian Alb.
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