Eccentric cave
| Eccentric cave
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| Location: | near Bad Erlach ( Lower Austria ) | |
| Height : | 350 m above sea level A. | |
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Geographic location: |
47 ° 42 '29.3 " N , 16 ° 13' 9.8" E | |
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| Cadastral number: | 2872/04 | |
| Geology: | Trias lime | |
| Discovery: | 1960 | |
| Overall length: | 212 m | |
| Level difference: | 11 m (+3, −8 m) | |
The Excentriquehöhle (or Excentriqueshöhle ) is a cave near Bad Erlach , a market town in the Wiener Neustadt-Land district in Lower Austria . It was declared a natural monument on September 30, 1960 according to the Natural Caves Act. Furthermore, on October 22, 1982, it received the status of "specially protected cave".
The cave was accidentally blown free during the work in a quarry and has been under protection ever since. It is rich in eccentrics , i.e. rare sinter formations .
Another cave, which is also known by this name, is located in the valley of Kaltenleutbaren in the Vienna Woods (1915/37).
See also
literature
- Helga Hartmann, Wilhelm Hartmann: The caves of Lower Austria . Ed .: Regional Association for Speleology in Vienna and Lower Austria. tape 4 . Vienna 1990, p. 486 .
- Max H. Fink, Helga Hartmann, Wilhelm Hartmann: The caves of Lower Austria . Ed .: Regional Association for Speleology in Vienna and Lower Austria. tape 1 : Southeastern Lower Austria and peripheral areas. Vienna 1979, p. 261–262 (with map).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Max H. Fink, Helga Hartmann, Wilhelm Hartmann: Die Höhlen Niederösterreichs. Volume 1: Southeastern Lower Austria and peripheral areas , p. 261
- ↑ Helga Hartmann, Wilhelm Hartmann: Die Höhlen Niederösterreichs. Volume 5 , p. 476.
- ↑ Excentric Cave in Kaltenleutgabe .
- ^ Hubert Trimmel : Cave protection in Austria from 1975 to 1977. In: The cave. Journal of Karst and Speleology; Journal of the Association of Austrian Cave Researchers and the Association of German Cave and Karst Researchers e. V. ISSN 0018-3091 ZDB -ID 505258-0 . 29th year 1978, p. 92.