63rd Annual Conference of the German Speleological Federation VdHK

The Caving Group of the DAV Section Erlangen (https://www.alpenverein-erlangen.de/gruppen/hoehlengruppe/) organises the Annual Conference  from June 19th to June 22nd 2025 with the theme: Art and Children. The conference will be held in the town of Waischenfeld near Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany. There are parking lots, space for mobile homes and a campsite within walking distance

Cave art

The conference will feature an exhibition of works of art related to caves by the painter Lucja Radwan from Vienna. Other artists are welcome to exhibit their works of art, e.g. paintings and sculptures.

During the conference, interested parties will have the opportunity to hear explanations about the works of art from the artists. Some of the works of art can also be purchased.

Children and youth development

The Nuremberg Children’s Museum is supporting us here. This is a foundation with the aim of imparting knowledge on specialist topics to children and young people. The children’s museum will be present during the conference and will demonstrate in a special room what opportunities there are to impart knowledge in the field of speleology. This is not a traditional museum. Here, children can touch and try out everything. Children can carry out most of the experiments themselves. Particularly suitable for children from very young to 14 years old, but older children and adults can also take part.

There also will be lectures, workshops and excusions in nearby caves.

All information can be found here: https://www.vdhk.de/jahrestagung