Gutenberger cave

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Gutenberger cave

Gutenberger Cave - panoramio.jpg
Location: Swabian Alb , Germany
Geographic
location:
48 ° 32 '34.5 "  N , 9 ° 31' 19.3"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 32 '34.5 "  N , 9 ° 31' 19.3"  E
Gutenberger Cave (Baden-Württemberg)
Gutenberger cave
Cadastral number: 7423/2
Type: Stalactite cave
Discovery: 1889
Show cave since: 1890
Lighting: electric
Overall length: 180 meters
Length of the show
cave area:
110 meters
Average annual number of visitors: 4,300 (2007-2011)
Current visitors: 4,363 (2011)

The Gutenberger Höhle is a show cave in the Swabian Alb .

description

Stalactite wall in the Gutenberger cave

The Gutenberger cave is 680 meters above sea ​​level and has a length of 180 meters. The vertical extension of the cave is 28 meters. It is located in Baden-Württemberg near Lenningen in the Gutenberg district in the Malm delta and is laid out on two parallel Rhenish fissures.

The cave was discovered through excavations in 1888/89 from Heppenloch, which has been known since time immemorial . August Hedinger discovered animal artifacts from the Ice Age. Since April 1890 it has been open to the public as a show cave over a length of 110 meters. The cave has been electrically lit since 1967.

Today's entrance to the cave starts from the 17 meter long Heppenloch . In the higher parts it is spacious, in the lower part it is narrow, due to the nature of the rock. The cave has very beautiful stalactite decorations and consists of a total of seven halls.

The Gußmannshöhle , also a show cave, is only 200 meters away .

The Gutenberger Höhle has been recognized as an important geotope and geopoint of the UNESCO Geopark Swabian Alb since September 2016 .

literature

  • Hans Binder , Anke Lutz, Hans Martin Lutz: Show caves in Germany . Edited by Aegis Verlag, Ulm 1993 ISBN 3-87005-040-3
  • Hans Binder , Herbert Jantschke: Cave guide Swabian Alb. Caves - springs - waterfalls . 7th completely revised edition. DRW-Verlag, Leinfelden-Echterdingen 2003, ISBN 3-87181-485-7 , p. 122 .
  • Stephan Kempe A world full of secrets - caves. Series: HB Bildatlas special edition. Edited by HB Verlags- und Vertriebs-Gesellschaft, 1997 ISBN 3-616-06739-1

See also

Individual evidence

  1. Erich Knust: Cave plan. Cave Research Group Karlsruhe.

Web links

Commons : Gutenberger Höhle  - Collection of images, videos and audio files