Saalfeld Fairy Grottoes

Saalfeld Fairy Grottoes
Feengrotten
"Fairy Kingdom" (Märchendom) in the Saalfeld Feengrotten.
Map showing the location of Saalfeld Fairy Grottoes
Map showing the location of Saalfeld Fairy Grottoes
LocationSaalfeld, Thuringia, Germany
Discovery1910
GeologyAlum
Accesspublic
Lightingelectric
Websiteen.feengrotten.de

The Saalfeld Fairy Grottoes (in German: Saalfelder Feengrotten) are caverns or grottoes of a former mine near Saalfeld, in the German state of Thuringia.[1]

They have long been famous for their countless colorful mineral formations (speleothems) formed over many years by water dripping through relatively soft rock. Since 1993, the Guinness Book of World Records has termed the Feengrotten "the most colorful cave grottoes in the world".[2]

  1. ^ "Feengrotten". feengrotten.de. Saalfelder Feengrotten und Tourismus GmbH. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  2. ^ "Feengrotten". lonelyplanet.com. Lonely Planet. Retrieved 13 November 2015.