Karhof cave

Entrance to the Karhof cave

View from the Karhof cave into the surrounding beech forest

The Karhof cave is a cave in the central Devonian mass limestone near Balve in the Hönnetal . The cave is 125 m long and is located in the Karhof limestone massif, which is located to the right and left of Grübecker Strasse, which leads through the Grübeck valley to Neheim-Hüsten.

It was examined by Emil Carthaus in 1891 .

The name of the cave goes back to the previous owner, the farmer Karhof from Volkringhausen . The cave is privately owned by the Rheinisch-Westfälischen-Kalkwerke , Hönnetal operating department.

See also

• List of caves in the Sauerland

Web links

Commons : Karhofhöhle  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Wire earrings made of bronze from the Karhof cave

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Heinrich Streich: Unterirdische Zauberreich des Sauerlandes , 1967, p. 77/78, accessed on January 15, 2015.
2. ↑ "In the dark of wondrous caves ...". Excavations in the Karhof cave near Volkringhausen (town of Balve, Märkischer Kreis) by Emil Carthaus in 1891. In: Der Märker . Regional history journal for the area of ​​the former Grafschaft Mark and the Märkische Kreis 43, 1994, 49–60

Coordinates: 51 ° 22 '9.3 "  N , 7 ° 52' 14.6"  E