Hickelhöhle
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50 ° 53 '33.3 " N , 14 ° 18' 56.7" E | |
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The Hickelhöhle is the second largest cave in Saxon Switzerland and a popular destination for hikers.
The cave is located in the Thorwalder walls , above the Großer Zschand south of the armory , on the corridor of the Sebnitz district of Ottendorf . Together with the cowshed, it is one of the most famous caves in Saxon Switzerland. With a depth of 12 to 14 m and a width of 45 m, the Hickel cave is a very wide layer joint cave that is designed as a half cave . These layer joint cavities, which are typical for Saxon Switzerland, are created by rainwater seeping in from above on impermeable intermediate layers, the so-called layer joints. These go back to the layer-by-layer deposition of clayey components during the sand deposits in the sea of chalk. The large-scale structure of the sandstone in the area of the Thorwald walls contributed to the size of the cave.
Above the Hickelhöhle is the Hickelkopf , a climbing rock that overhangs on almost all sides and only stands on three small pedestal feet .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Peter Rölke (Ed.): Wander- & Naturführer Sächsische Schweiz , Volume 1, Verlag Rölke, Dresden 1999, ISBN 3-934514-08-1 , p. 145
- ↑ Pages of the Saxon Switzerland Tourism Association (accessed on May 8, 2011)
- ↑ Information according to www.wanderpfade.de (accessed on May 8, 2011)
- ↑ http://www.webergrotte.de/geologie/html/spalten_und_hoehlen.htm (accessed on May 8, 2011)
