Andreas Church at Rupprechtstegen
| Andreas Church at Rupprechtstegen
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 The cave portal of the Andreas Church |
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| Location: | Velden , Franconian Switzerland , Germany | |
| Height : | 440 m above sea level NN | |
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Geographic location: |
49 ° 36 '20.8 " N , 11 ° 28' 53.5" E | |
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| Cadastral number: | D 13 | |
| Geology: | dolomite | |
| Type: | Half-cave | |
| Show cave since: | No | |
| Lighting: | No | |
| Overall length: | 50 meters | |
The Andreas Church is a karst cave in the municipality of the Middle Franconian city of Velden in the district of Nürnberger Land in Bavaria .
description
The cave is located in the Anka valley about 800 meters north of Rupprechtstegen . It is about 50 meters long in total. The size of the entrance depends on the dimensions of the cathedral-like grotto and is around 20 × 11 meters with a height of 7 meters. The cave has three entrances. From the pre-grotto, some narrow passages lead into the rugged rock. The cave is very popular and there are only a few sinter groups , moon milk and blanket puffs to be found. There are no stalactites worth mentioning in the cave.
The cave is registered as D 13 in the Franconian Alb cave register (HFA).
history
The cave was probably used as early as the Bronze Age and by the Celts . In times of crisis and war in the Middle Ages, it was a retreat for the surrounding population. According to tradition, there was an altar in a carved rock niche .
Scientific excavations were carried out by Richard Ertl and Ferdinand Birkner. Nothing is known about their excavation finds.
Protected area
The St. Andrew's Church is designated as geotope 574H012.
Access
The Andreas Church is freely accessible and safe to explore all year round. It is easily accessible via numerous hiking trails from Rupprechtstegen (Ankatal) or Raitenberg .
literature
- Friedrich Herrmann: Caves of the Franconian and Hersbrucker Switzerland . Lippert, Ebermannstadt 2000, ISBN 3-930125-05-6 .
- Stephan Lang: Caves in Franconia. A hiking guide into the underworld of Franconian Switzerland . Revised and exp. Edition. Hans Carl Verlag, Nuremberg 2006, ISBN 3-418-00385-0 .
- Norbert Graf: Hartenstein-Rupprechstegen: The caves in the Ankatal . In: Alfried Wieczorek (Hrsg.): Excursions to archeology, history and culture in Germany, Volume 52: Nuremberg and Nürnberger Land - excursion destinations between Pegnitz and Franconian Alb . Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 2010, ISBN 978-3-8062-2368-2 , pp. 163-165.
Web links
- The Andreas Church in the geotope register of Bavaria
- Info sheet Franconian Switzerland-Veldenstein Forest - Fascination Caves (PDF; 3.0 MB)
Individual evidence
- ^ Geotope register Bavaria. (Retrieved July 18, 2012)