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The Barbarossa Cave (German: Barbarossahöhle) is an anhydrite cave (gypsum cave) in the Kyffhäuser Hills near Rottleben in the east German state of Thuringia. It is a cave with large caverns grottos and lakes. The anhydrite has formed gypsum on the surface due to the air moisture in the cave and as a result has increased in volume.