Fellner sinkhole
| Fellner sinkhole
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 Access to the Fellnerdoline |
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| Location: | Gößweinstein , Franconian Switzerland , Germany | |
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Geographic location: |
49 ° 46 '0.2 " N , 11 ° 21' 2.4" E | |
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| Cadastral number: | D 99 | |
| Discovery: | 1899 | |
| Show cave since: | No | |
| Overall length: | 384 meters | |
| Level difference: | 97.6 meters | |
| Particularities: | locked | |
The Fellner sinkhole is a sinkhole with a cave near the Upper Franconian Gößweinstein in the Forchheim district in Bavaria .
Geographical location
The Fellner sinkhole at the southern foot of the Breitenberg , one kilometer east of Gößweinstein, is one of the largest sinkholes on the plateau of the Franconian Alb. With a length of 384 meters and a total depth of 97.6 meters, the cave under the sinkhole is one of the deepest caves in the Franconian Alb. Contrast water studies have shown that there is a direct connection between the Fellner sinkhole and the Stempfermühlquelle in the Wiesent valley at a distance of 1.6 kilometers.
description
The cave was developed by means of digging and blasting in 1899 by Hans Brand . The secured access to the cave is west of a seven meter deep sinkhole and is always locked. A visit to the cave is only recommended to really experienced speleologists .
The Fellner sinkhole has been designated as a geotope (474H001) and natural monument by the Bavarian State Office for the Environment . The cave is registered as D 99 in the Franconian Alb cave register (HFA).
trail
The cave researcher Ferdinand Haselmeier from Gößweinstein has designed a geological circular hiking trail about 6.5 kilometers long called "From the Fellner sinkhole to the Stempfermühlquelle". The hiking trail is provided with information boards and designed as a circular route. The exact course of the route can be viewed in OpenStreetMap .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Infoflyer Geo-Weg ( Memento of the original from January 31, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) 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. (Accessed March 7, 2013; PDF; 1.6 MB)
- ↑ Geotop: Fellner Doline (accessed on March 22, 2020).
- ↑ Natural monuments in the Forchheim district (accessed on August 25, 2016)
- ^ Fellner sinkhole, a cave full of secrets , article in the North Bavarian News
- ↑ Course from the Fellner sinkhole to the Stempfermühlquelle in OSM (accessed on March 7, 2013)
