page_title: Westerheim, Baden-Württemberg
section_title: Sight-seeing
hierarchical_section_title: Westerheim, Baden-Württemberg / Sight-seeing
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Schertelshöhle in Westerheim auf der Schwäbischen Alb
context_page_description: Westerheim is a municipality in the district of Alb-Donau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.
  It is located at a height of 800 meters on the Swabian Jura, about 30 Kilometers north-west of Ulm.
context_section_description: The church of St. Stephen, constructed in 1777/1778, has a barock high altar.
  The "Schertelshöhle" cave is a 212-meter long cave with stalactites.  It is illuminated and can be visited daily from May to October.
  The "Steinerne Haus" (house of stone) is a 55-meter long cave with an 8-meter high entrance, located close to the Schertelshöhle. In winter hundreds of large icicles are formed here, which melt in the spring.    Part of the cave is closed off in winter, to house hibernating animals.
caption: Schertelshöhle
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