situated below the ruins of Hohenburg Castle, which used to stand on top of the Schlossberg hill, the Schlossberg caves in Homburg are the largest sandstone caves in Europe.
Mithraism, a mystery-cult religion celebrating Mithra, the Persian divinity of light, dates back to the Roman Empire. Religious practice was centred around a cave, the mithraeum.
Niedaltdorf Natural Dripstone Cave
the Niedaltdorf cave was formed during the Holocene, a geological epoch which began around 10.000 years ago.