European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 04, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Devil  attraction in East Bavaria a amp map above stalagmites resemble an otherworldly City in one Section of Devil s Cavern. Left the Cave Entrance on a wooded  Anita Gosch staff writer up until the Early 20th Century the residents of Rottenstein Germany thought they were living next to hell. In the Side of a Mountain just outside town loomed a Large Black Hole from which warm smoke oozed in a steady Stream. Mysterious lights were said to appear near the Cavern s Entrance and Low Mournful cries were heard rising from the Black Depths. / the Potte steiners were sure that the Devil lived inside that Hole and anyone who ventured near it they warned would be lost forever in the underworld. In 1922, when a portion of the rear of the Hole collapsed local speleology is Hans Brand thought there had to be More to Quot Devil s Hole Quot than what could be seen from the outside. He ignored the superstitions and after months of excavations unearthed a wonderland of Rock formations that he said Quot exceeded All expectations of splendor and  Brand found a Maze of passageways that led deep inside the Mountain to cavernous Grottoes and galleries. Giant glistening stalactites and stalagmites Hung from the roof of the Cavern or Rose up from the floor and layer upon layer of Flo Stone covered the wet Walls. It looked like the Lunatic work of a master sculptor gone mad. It took Brand 10 years to uncover the entire Cave. Now with about 1v2 Kilometres of passageways the continued on Page 12 october 4, 1990 stripes Magazine 1 /