Saxony · about 5 km from Chemnitz
Felsendome Rabenstein
- Max depth18 m
- CertificationCavern
- Water temperature≈ ~8 °Cestimated, no reports yet
- SpecialFlooded mine or quarry
Diving and fills
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Fills nearby
- Fill stationTauchsportcenter Sachsenluft (Chemnitz)Air (per 200bar.de); nitrox, trimix and O₂: askRoute ↗
- Fill stationFüllstation ChemnitzAir to 300 bar, oxygen and helium (per dark-team.de) — askRoute ↗
- Fill stationTauchtreff DresdenAir to 300 bar; nitrox and trimix mostly during opening hours, on Saturdays by appointment and on Miltitz days often from ~16:00 tooRoute ↗
What it looks like
Felsendome Rabenstein cave diving 10. 6. 2023 Felsendome Rabenstein - Höhlentauchen Felsendome Rabenstein cave diving 4.5.2024 Tauchen in der Felsendome Rabenstein
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The dive
The lower two levels are flooded. There you dive past ventilation shafts, cavities with rock crystal and two long, dead-straight galleries.
Profile and sections
The lower two levels are flooded. There you dive past ventilation shafts, cavities with rock crystal and two long, dead-straight galleries. The water is ~8 °C and visibility ~20 m or more — your light is the limit (2016 report).
It is a lime and marble mine, worked from at least 1365 to 1906 on four levels. It has been a visitor mine since 1936 (first opened in 1863); the upper two levels are the show-mine tour, with halls up to 35 × 32 m and 9 m high. Bats hibernate in parts of the mine.
Practical: Sachsenluft runs cavern and cave courses here; air fills at Sachsenluft in Chemnitz.
- Depth and profile
- Levels (Sohlen) 3 and 4 are flooded; max ~-18 m
- Configuration
- Twin 7 l cylinders are enough; drysuit recommended but not mandatory; EAN50 recommended as deco gas (200bar.de). Nothing published on sidemount, CCR or scooters — ask.
- DPV: Not DPV-suitable (estimate)
- Small system (max -18 m) and nothing known about permission for scooters; no gain.
Who can dive where
- At least Cavern
- Configurations: Backmount / twinset / Sidemount / CCR / Small cylinders / no-mount (speleo sumps)
- Goes down to 18 m (trimix or deco may be needed)
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How to get there
Only through Tauchschule Sachsenluft (Chemnitz, +49 371 517272, sachsenluft@t-online.de): diving is possible any time after prior registration, and from 2 people on a date of your choice. Everyone first attends a mandatory briefing. You enter the water at the mountain lake in the 'Grüne Grotte' (Green Grotto) of the visitor mine. Address: Weg nach dem Kalkwerk 4, 09117 Chemnitz (A4, exit Limbach-Oberfrohna/Chemnitz-Rabenstein). Visitor mine open daily 10:00–17:00, wheelchair accessible.
Around Felsendome Rabenstein
Fills3 fill stations · nearest 5 km
Tauchsportcenter Sachsenluft (Chemnitz)
Augustusburger Straße 31–33, 09111 Chemnitz
Air (per 200bar.de); nitrox, trimix and O₂: ask
Ask
Dive school that runs the diving in the Felsendome Rabenstein (mandatory briefing, cavern and cave courses). Address per dark-team.de.
Füllstation Chemnitz
Schulstraße 11, 09125 Chemnitz
Air to 300 bar, oxygen and helium (per dark-team.de) — ask
Ask
Fill station listed in the dark-team.de dive-site database (photo from 2016). Whether visitors can fill without an appointment is unknown — call ahead. ~15 min from the Felsendome, ~50 min from Crottendorf.
Tauchtreff Dresden
Dornblüthstraße 19, 01277 Dresden
Air to 300 bar; nitrox and trimix mostly during opening hours, on Saturdays by appointment and on Miltitz days often from ~16:00 too
Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri 10:00–18:30; Sat 9:00–13:00; closed Wed
Dive school and shop that runs the diving in Miltitz (cave training in the mine); rental, servicing and regulator overhauls. Miltitz is ~30 min away.
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