Alder Cave
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| Location: | Schwelm | |
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Geographic location: |
51 ° 17 '43.9 " N , 7 ° 15' 43.5" E | |
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| Type: | Karst cave | |
| Discovery: | 1902 | |
| Overall length: | 263 m | |
The Alder Cave is a 263 m long cave in the Schwelm city area, it has been designated as a natural monument of the Ennepe-Ruhr district since 1974 , whose diverse fauna - considering the relatively small cave size - is remarkable.
Location and description
The Alder Cave is located in the west of Schwelm in the Linderhauser Senke in a wooded area near the city limits of Wuppertal . It lies north of the 281.5 m high Krähenberg , west of the Schwelm homestead Erlen, which gives it its name . The access to the cave is closed with a gate against unauthorized entry.
history
The cave was discovered in 1902 during a fox hunt . During the Second World War it was used by the smoldering as an air raid shelter .
In the 1980s, a faunistic study was carried out, which provided evidence of numerous animal species that visit the cave as protection from summer heat or as winter quarters. Next also were groundwater animals ( "real cave animals") as flatworms and niphargus proven.
In 1997, the Kluterthöhle e. V. (AKKH) extensive surveying work after a maintenance contract was signed, the year before the AKKH cleaned the cave and provided it with a more stable gate.
Literary setting
The Alder Cave is also known as a literary setting . It is one of the central locations in the 1974 novel Zündschnüren by Schwelmer songwriter and writer Franz Josef Degenhardt .
literature
- Jürgen Kuss: The alder cave in Schwelm-Linderhausen in: Vie stoatt Kopp: Festschr. for the Schwelmer Heimatfest 1985. - Schwelm: umbrella organization d. Schwelmer Neighborhoods, 1985. - pp. 14, 16, 18: Ill.
Web links
- Picture gallery - Onger de Ääd (pictures including the alder cave). In: homepagemodules.de. 168209.homepagemodules.de, accessed on January 18, 2017 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ LANDSCAPE PLAN ROOM ENNEPETAL / GEVELSBERG / SCHWELM of the ENNEPE-RUHR-KREIS. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 7, 2010 ; accessed on January 18, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c d Lutz Koch : Geological excursion through the Linderhauser Kalkgebiet. Retrieved January 18, 2017 .
- ↑ Probation: Cave robbers showed remorse. In: Remscheider General-Anzeiger . December 26, 2014, accessed January 18, 2017 .
- ^ Arbeitskreis Kluterthöhle eV (AKKH) - Research Current - 1997. (No longer available online.) In: akkh.de. Archived from the original on June 30, 2007 ; accessed on January 18, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Philip Behrendt: Literature map Ruhr: Erlenhöhle. German Institute of the Ruhr University Bochum - Section for General and Comparative Literature, accessed on January 24, 2017 .
