Keppler cave

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The Keppler cave was a cave in Balve , Sauerland , and was located in the Hönnetal .

history

In 1910, the first cave branches were discovered during the construction of the Hönnetalbahn . In 1919 large parts of the cave were opened up by blasting. A narrow passage led to the lower cave , which was 14 meters long, 10 meters wide and 7 meters high. A connection to the Upper Cave , which was 6 meters in diameter and height, was through upwardly running hose-like clefts.

The cave was the site of numerous bones from the cave lion, which are in the local museum of the city of Menden .

The Keppler cave was destroyed around 1920.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. Ernst Probst: Cave lions, big cats in the Ice Age , page 176
  2. Keppler cave, source: "The caves around Balve", Dr. Clementine Lipperheide, Balve, 1930, for the millennium and 500, return of the city charter, p. 35

Coordinates: 51 ° 20 ′ 28.1 ″  N , 7 ° 52 ′ 18.1 ″  E