Genoveva Cave
| Genoveva Cave (formerly: Kuttbach Cave )
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| Location: | near Kordel , district of Trier-Saarburg , Rhineland-Palatinate , Germany |
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| Height : | 260 m above sea level NN | |
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Geographic location: |
49 ° 48 '23.9 " N , 6 ° 38' 47.3" E | |
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| Type: | Sandstone cave | |
| Particularities: | former residential cave | |
The Genovevahöhle (formerly called Kuttbachhöhle ) is a legendary, small cave near Kordel in the district of Trier-Saarburg ( Rhineland-Palatinate ), which is designated as a natural monument .
Geographical location
The Genoveva cave is located in the southern Eifel around 3.75 km (as the crow flies ) south-southeast of the core town of Kordel. It is located to the west above the small Kutbach (also called Kuttbach ), a southwest tributary of the Kyll , around 550 m southwest of the summit of 306.2 m above sea level. NN high stronghold . On this mountain is the former Celtic Fliehburg stronghold ( natural monument ), on its mostly steep eastern flanks are the rocky cliffs Elterlay and Kutlei (natural monuments).
description
The widest extension of the Genoveva Cave is about 15 m, the ceiling is about 8 to 10 m high. The steps to the cave were carved out of the sandstone rock in 1910 by the Kordel local group of the Eifelverein .
There were a few smaller huts in the cave. The built terrace could only be reached with ladders, ropes or climbing sticks. The beam holes and beam supports with the intended regularity are still clearly visible.
A scraper was found in the rubble dump in front of the cave, which suggests that it was used in the later Paleolithic . In addition to prehistoric fragments, there were also Roman and Frankish fragments.
Legend
Until the middle of the 19th century, the Genoveva cave was only known under the name Kuttbach cave. An official from Mayen was transferred to Pfalzel . When he saw this cave on a hike, he remembered the local Genoveva legend . Thereafter, Count Palatine Siegfried is said to have married Genoveva, the daughter of the Duke of Brabant. When he once went into a feud, the steward Golo accused his wife of infidelity after the count's return. She was cast out with her son and fled with her child in the Ardennes forest. They lived miserably on the fruits of the forest and a doe gave them milk. Years later, the Count Palatine found his wife and son again. Joyfully and remorsefully, he took it up again. The evil Golo received his well-deserved punishment.
The zeitgeist of romanticism , which loved dilapidated castles and associated legends, certainly helped spread this legend. So the Kuttbach cave became the Genoveva cave.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Map service of the landscape information system of the Rhineland-Palatinate Nature Conservation Administration (LANIS map) ( notes )
- ↑ a b Information board in front of the Genoveva cave