Kesslerloch

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Hiking in the surroundings

Klettgau-Rhein-Weg

Stage 2, Siblinger Randenhaus–Schaffhausen

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Reiatweg

Route 902, Thayngen–Thayngen

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Cycling in the surroundings

Hegau-Route

Route 753, Schaffhausen–Stein am Rhein

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Biking in the surroundings

Schaffhauserland Bike

Stage 2, Hallau–Thayngen

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Schaffhauserland Bike

Stage 3, Thayngen–Stein am Rhein

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The Kesslerloch cave is one of the most important sites of the late Ice Age in Europe and provides traces of settlements from the Upper Palaeolithic Age (Magdalenian civilisation 14 000 - 12 000 B.C.).

This place was presumably used by hunters during the summer half year as a meeting place during the hunting season. The name, however, originated from travelling people, gypsies and tinkers, who used the cave as a dwelling.

The cave, measuring about 200 m2, including the corresponding woodland and the meadows in front, was put under state heritage in 1902.

The Museum zu Allerheiligen in Schaffhausen focuses on "Kesslerloch" with an extensive exhibition.

The Kesslerloch cave is one of the most important sites of the late Ice Age in Europe and provides traces of settlements from the Upper Palaeolithic Age (Magdalenian civilisation 14 000 - 12 000 B.C.).

This place was presumably used by hunters during the summer half year as a meeting place during the hunting season. The name, however, originated from travelling people, gypsies and tinkers, who used the cave as a dwelling.

The cave, measuring about 200 m2, including the corresponding woodland and the meadows in front, was put under state heritage in 1902.

The Museum zu Allerheiligen in Schaffhausen focuses on "Kesslerloch" with an extensive exhibition.

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