The Bears' Cave gets it name from the bears which once lived there. We've a skeleton among our exhibits of a bear that was found in the cave. Health and fitness are keynotes at spa resorts throughout the Swabian Alb. Spas such as Bad Boll - a world famous location for finding fossils. The term bollensis is a geological one used all over the world.
Visitors come to Bad Boll to get healthy.
We have capable, well-known doctors here. Close to Bad Boll at Holzmaden, a visit to the Museum Hauff is a must for it houses outstanding finds from the Jurassic Period. Then it's on to a local slate quarry to find your own fossils. That's where I talked to the present director of the Museum, Rolf Hauff, whose great-grandfather moved to Holzmaden in the 19th century to extract oil from the shales there. So quite a lot is known about the fossil bed here and now it is one of the most important fossil beds all over the world.