Geisloch near Münzinghof
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_01.jpg) Geisloch cave portal |
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| Location: | Münzinghof, Franconian Alb , Germany | |
| Height : | 508 m above sea level NN | |
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Geographic location: |
49 ° 37 '28.9 " N , 11 ° 28' 31.6" E | |
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| Cadastral number: | D 16 | |
| Geology: | dolomite | |
| Type: | Crevice cave | |
| Show cave since: | around 1906 | |
| Lighting: | No | |
| Overall length: | 145 meters | |
| Particularities: | Closed October 1st - March 31st | |
The Geisloch near Münzinghof is a natural karst cave near Münzinghof , a district of the Middle Franconian town of Velden in the district of Nürnberger Land in Bavaria .
location
The cave is located about 2800 meters northeast of Velden near the Münzinghof district of Velden .
description
The cave is a former show cave . The Geisloch, also spelled Gaisloch, is listed in the cave cadastre Fränkische Alb (HFA) with the number D 16, in addition it is listed by the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation as a ground monument number D-5-6334-0025: "Cave station prehistoric and prehistoric times" . The cave was formed in the banked reef dolomite and has a total length of about 145 meters. The cave system is laid out horizontally and consists of three halls one behind the other, the so-called kitchen at the front, then the “Seehalle” and further inside the “clay chamber”. There is almost everywhere cave clay , some stalactites , wall and floor sinter as well as a small lake (12 by 5 meters) with fluctuating water levels in the two front halls.
history
The cave gained importance through prehistoric finds from the Neolithic , the Bronze and Urnfield Ages as well as the Hallstatt and Latène Ages , as well as finds from the modern era . They consisted of human skeletal remains and large quantities of broken pottery. Why it was committed in earlier times is not known, it was hardly suitable as a dwelling cave. Possibly it belonged to a prehistoric settlement and was used as a water point and storage room or as a cult room. The cave has not yet been archaeologically investigated.
The Geisloch is one of the oldest known and traveled caves in the Franconian Alb . A first written mention as "Geisselloh" ( forest of a hostage) goes back to the year 1534. It probably got its name Geisloch Cave from the former show cave operation that began in 1906. It was also known for the mining of cave clay for the extraction of healing earth during the 17th and 18th centuries. The clay was pressed into round tablets of Terra Sigillata (sealing earth) and sold for healing purposes . The area around Velden belonged to the territory of the imperial city of Nuremberg until 1806 and therefore they were sealed with the coat of arms of the Velden Care Office or the Nuremberg city arms. They should help with heartburn and other stomach upsets. Some of the original sealing earth tablets are in the collection of the Germanic National Museum in Nuremberg.
Access
The cave is freely accessible from April 1st to September 30th. To protect bats , it is closed in the winter months. Entry is via a steep, approximately 12-meter-deep collapse funnel. The cave can be entered with appropriate equipment. The cave can only be reached on foot via a hiking trail marked with a red circle.
literature
- Norbert Graf, Bernd Mühlberger: Velden: The Geislochhöhl and the burial ground near Velden-Münzinghof . 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. 228-232.
- Stephan Lang: Höhlen in Franken - A hiking guide into the underworld of Hersbrucker Switzerland and the Upper Palatinate Jura . Hans Carl Verlag, Nuremberg 2002, ISBN 3-418-00390-7 , pp. 66-68.
- Hardy Schabdach: Underground Worlds. Caves of the Franconian and Hersbrucker Switzerland . Verlag Reinhold Lippert, Ebermannstadt 2000, ISBN 3-930125-05-6 , pp. 76-78
- Bettina Stoll-Tucker: Post-Ice Age cave use using the example of the upper Pegnitz valley (Northern Franconian Alb) . From the series: Works on the Archeology of Southern Germany, Volume 4. Verlag Dr. Faustus, Büchenbach 1997, ISBN 3-9803996-6-4 , passim.
- Friedrich Herrmann: Caves of the Franconian and Hersbrucker Switzerland . 2nd improved edition. Hans Carl Verlag, Nuremberg 1991, ISBN 3-418-00356-7 , pp. 128-129.
Web links
- Lochstein, Geisloch (accessed April 12, 2013)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bodendenkmal D-5-6334-0025 (accessed on April 12, 2013)
- ↑ Cave and Karst Franconia e. V., Geisloch (accessed April 12, 2013)
- ^ Norbert Graf, Bernd Mühlberger: Velden: The Geislochhöhl and the burial ground near Velden-Münzinghof . In: Alfried Wieczorek (Ed.): Excursions on archeology, history and culture in Germany, Volume 52: Nuremberg and Nürnberger Land - excursion destinations between Pegnitz and Franconian Alb , p. 228 ff.
- ↑ E. Enslin: The Geisloch near Velden and its sealing earth. In: North Bavarian traffic and tourist newspaper. 5, 1908, issue 4, p. 55 ff., And on this Hermann Peters in: Mitteilungen zur Geschichte der Medizin und der Naturwissenschaften 7, 1908, p. 417 f.
- ^ Norbert Graf, Bernd Mühlberger: Velden: The Geislochhöhl and the burial ground near Velden-Münzinghof . In: Alfried Wieczorek (Ed.): Excursions to archeology, history and culture in Germany, Volume 52: Nuremberg and Nürnberger Land - excursion destinations between Pegnitz and Franconian Alb , p. 229
- ↑ Brigitte Kaulich, Hermann Schaaf: Small guide to caves around Muggendorf . Natural History Society - Department for Cave and Karst Research, Nuremberg 1980, ISBN 3-922877-00-1 , p. 16