3D models of caves

To view the 3D models please click into the viewer window.

For handling instructions (in German) please click here.

Find more 3D models of caves from the World Heritage site under:

The caves in Hohlenstein

Length of cave:
40 m
Excavations:
1931 (Riek), 1978 (Wagner), 2005-12 (Conard)
Special finds:
ivory figurine
3D scanning:
3D-Photogrammetry (Structure from Motion)
Geometry of 3D model:
ca. 670.600 faces
und ca. 335.700 vertices

Length of cave:
Stadel: 50 m; Bärenhöhle: 70 m
Excavations (Stadel):
1861 (Fraas), 1908 (Schmidt), 1931 (Riek), 1935-39, 1956-57, 1959-61 (Wetzel), 1983 (Wagner), 1996-97 (Conard/Bolus/Kandel), 2008-13 (Kind)
Special finds:
"Lion Man"
3D scanning:
3D-Photogrammetry (Structure from Motion)
Geometry of 3D model:
ca. 749.9000 faces
and ca. 378.000 vertices

Hohle Fels

Length of cave:
50 m
Excavations:
1870-71 (Fraas), 1906 (Schmidt), 1906-07 (Hartung/Wigand), 1958-60 (Riek/Matschak), 1977-79, 1988-96 (Hahn), since 1997 (Conard)
Special finds:
Elfenbeinplastiken, "Venus of the Hohle Fels"
3D scanning:
3D-Photogrammetry (Structure from Motion)
Geometry of 3D model:
ca. 1.200.000 faces
and ca. 972.700 vertices

Sirgenstein Cave

Length of cave:
40 m
Excavations:
1906 (Schmidt)
Special finds:
first discovery of personal ornament from the Aurignacien in the Swabian Jura
3D scanning:
3D-Photogrammetry (Structure from Motion)
Geometry of 3D model:
ca. 750.000 faces
and ca. 374.900 vertices