Teufelsküche, Limestone cave complex in Gütighofen, Germany

Teufelsküche is a cave system within a Middle Jurassic limestone formation, sitting about 40 meters above the Möhlin river. The system consists of several natural cavities formed in the rock face, where light enters from openings above and creates shadows in the deeper chambers.

Archaeological digging found that hunters lived in the cave during the Upper Paleolithic period, roughly 35,000 years ago. These early people used the shelter while pursuing reindeer across the landscape.

The name Teufelsküche, "Devil's Kitchen", is a later folk label; the sources record no legend behind it. What visitors can see beside the main cave are the remains of the walls of Burg Hauenfels, a small castle inhabited between 1200 and 1600, which shares the cliff ledge with the caves.

The caves are publicly accessible at any time, but the main cave sits about ten metres up a steep wall and can only be reached by ladder. The site lies on the Ölberg above Gütighofen, roughly 40 m above today's level of the Möhlin. Next to the main cave are the remains of the walls of Hauenfels Castle.

The caves are cut into Middle Jurassic Hauptrogenstein limestone on the Ölberg, and the rock face with its caves is designated a geotope in the Freiburg administrative region. A few metres from the main cave stand the remains of the walls of Burg Hauenfels, inhabited between 1200 and 1600.