Brother cave

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Brother cave

The entrance of the Bruderhöhle viewed from the east

The entrance of the Bruderhöhle viewed from the east
Location: Black Forest , Germany
Height : 470  m above sea level NHN
Geographic
location: 		48 ° 44 '49.3 "  N , 8 ° 43' 36.8"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 44 '49.3 "  N , 8 ° 43' 36.8"  E
Bruderhöhle (Baden-Württemberg)
Brother cave
Cadastral number: 7218/1
Geology: Medium red sandstone
Overall length: approx. 12 m

The Bruderhöhle is a cave in the northern Black Forest , located on the western slope of the Nagold Valley north of Hirsau and west of Ernstmühl, both districts of Calw .

The Bruderhöhle, a geotope protected by the state of Baden-Württemberg , is located in the middle red sandstone and was created by weathering the rock. There are clear fissures in the surrounding rock formations, and honeycomb weathering can be seen. The cave is approx. 12 m long, 2 to 3 m high and accessible to visitors without restrictions. In the cave and also on boulders in the immediate vicinity, pronounced stratification structures can be seen in some cases. The cave probably got its name from a monk who lived there as a hermit around 1480 .

The brother's cave is no longer entirely in its original natural state. The most striking human change is a small brick chimney that connects the cave interior with the surface above. There is also a sandstone bench in front of a small brick wall in the entrance area. At the foot of the natural rock column in front of the entrance, there has also been masonry for several years (not yet in place in 2000).

  • The entrance of the Bruderhöhle viewed from the north

  • Sandstone formations inside the cave

literature

  • Thomas Rathgeber: The brother cave (7218/1) near Hirsau, a hermit hermitage in the northern Black Forest , published in contributions to cave and karst studies in southwest Germany No. 36, Stuttgart 1994, pp. 11-21
  • Thomas Rathgeber: The brother cave near Hirsau in the northern Black Forest , published in the annual report of the cave research group Rhein-Main 16, year 1994, Frankfurt 1995, pp. 13-23

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Geotope profile "Bruderhöhle N von Hirsau" , State Office for Geology, Raw Materials and Mining Baden-Württemberg, accessed on February 27, 2014 (PDF, German, 1.05 MB)
  2. ↑ a b Geological natural monuments in the Karlsruhe region , State Institute for Environmental Protection Baden-Württemberg, 2000, p. 106, accessed on February 27, 2014 (PDF, German, 5.57 MB)

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