Small school hole
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| Location: | Essing, Altmuehltal | |
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Geographic location: |
48 ° 55 '39 " N , 11 ° 49' 11" E | |
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| Cadastral number: | H 30 | |
| Geology: | Jurassic Limestone | |
| Type: | Natural cave | |
| Discovery: | 1937 | |
| Overall length: | 27 meters | |
| Particularities: | Inaccessible | |
The Kleine Schulerloch is a natural karst cave near Oberau, a district of the Lower Bavarian market town of Essing in the Kelheim district in Bavaria .
It is a natural cave in the Franconian Alb above the Altmühl and is registered in the Franconian Alb cave register (HFA) as H 30. The cave is located 200 m west of the larger Schulerloch cave .
The Kleine Schulerloch is protected as a cultural monument. In it are unique Ice Age rock carvings in the Magdalenian style from 13,000 to 10,000 BC. BC, whose authenticity is scientifically not recognized beyond doubt. An ibex or reindeer caught in a trap is shown . The motif was discovered by the judicial inspector Alexander Oberneder from Kelheim and the taxidermist Oskar Rieger in 1937 in the vestibule, about seven meters from the entrance. An early medieval runic inscription is carved next to the rock painting, the authenticity of which is disputed in research in the context of the rock painting.
The Kleine Schulerloch is located in the Schulerloch nature reserve and is closed by a gate and not accessible to visitors.
literature
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Alfred Bammesberger , Gaby Waxenberger (Hrsg.): The fuþark and its individual language developments. (= Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde - supplementary volumes , volume 51). Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2006, 978‐3‐11‐019008‐3. In this:
- Klaus Düwel : On the runic inscription in the Kleiner Schulerloch near Kelheim / Donau (Bavaria). Pp. 317-346.
- Heiner Eichner : On the problem of the runic inscription in the Kleiner Schulerloch near Oberau / Altessingen. Pp. 356-379.
- Robert Nedoma : About the personal names in the runic inscription from the Kleiner Schulerloch. Pp. 347-355.
- Peter Pieper : The engravings in the Kleiner Schulerloch: "Real" or "false"? Reflections on the problem of their qualifications and dating. Pp. 385-394.
- Christian Züchner: Considerations about the age of the rock paintings in the Kleiner Schulerloch. Pp. 380-384.
- Sigmund Oehrl: Comments on the petroglyphs and runes in the Kleiner Schulerloch. In: Journal for German Antiquity and German Literature 144 (2015), pp. 281–293.
- Hellmut Rosenfeld : The Germanic runes in the small Schulerloch and on the Nordendorf bow brooch A. In: Journal for German antiquity and German literature, 113 (1984), pp. 159-173.
Web links
- The ice age drawing of the small Schulerloch (photos of rock painting and runic inscription)
- Small Schulerloch: Photos of the cave and surroundings