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In 1913 the third chamber of the Saalfeld Fairy Grottoes with the "Fairy Kingdom" was discovered, and shortly before the outbreak of World War I in 1914 tours began to be offered to the public.
[3] At that time a pavilion with café was opened that remained in use in the following decades — including the post-World War II
German Democratic Republic, which categorized the
Feengrotten as an official
Sehenswürdigkeit (point of Interest) of the GDR, open to foreign tourists. Following
German unification, the pavilion was renovated beginning in 1998, and new facilities were added.
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Saalfeld Fairy Grottoes - WikipediaBy the 20th century, the Feengrotten had been largely forgotten. But in 1910 the old mine was rediscovered and explorers took note of the fantastic mineral deposits that had accumulated over the geologically short period of three centuries.
<span>In 1913 the third chamber with the "Fairy Kingdom" was discovered, and shortly before the outbreak of World War I in 1914 tours began to be offered to the public. [3] At that time a pavilion with café was opened that remained in use in the following decades — including the post-World War II German Democratic Republic, which categorized the Feengrotten as an official Sehenswürdigkeit (point of Interest) of the GDR, open to foreign tourists. Following German unification, the pavilion was renovated beginning in 1998, and new facilities were added.
Between 1914 and 2007, more than 20 million people visited the grottoes, which annually draw an average of 160,000 visitors.
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