Tischofer Cave

The Tischofer Cave is a cave in the Kaisertal valley in the Kaisergebirge mountains of Austria. The roughly 40 metre long cave, about 8.5 metres high at the entrance, was occupied by cave bears during the Paleolithic as evidenced by numerous excavated skeletal remains [1]. Bone tools made of cave bear bones and skulls, dated to about 27,000–28,000 years ago, were discovered here [1]. This makes the Tischofer Cave the oldest known uncontested site of human occupation in Tyrol [1]. The cave also served as a locally important gathering place and weapons cache during the Tyrolean Rebellion in the Napoleonic Wars [1].