Koppenbrüller cave

Koppenbrüller cave
	Entrance to the cave with cash desk
Location:	Obertraun ( Upper Austria )
Height :	580 m above sea level A.
Geographic ; location:	47 ° 34 '13.7 " N , 13 ° 43' 13.4" E Coordinates: 47 ° 34 '13.7 " N , 13 ° 43' 13.4" E
Cadastral number:	1549/1
Geology:	Dachstein Limestone
Type:	Water-bearing cave
Show cave since:	1910
Lighting:	Carbide lamps and electric
Overall length:	3944 m
Level difference:	107 m
Length of the show ; cave area:	565 m
Website:	Koppenbrüller cave

The Koppenbrüller cave is a show cave in the Koppentraun valley near Obertraun .

Surname

The cave is traversed by cave streams. After heavy rains, large amounts of water flow out of the cave, which create noises, the "roar", in the mountain. Koppen is the name of the area on the upper Lake Hallstatt, which the Koppentraun also bears.

history

During the time of Empress Maria Theresa , the Koppenbrüller cave is said to have served as a hiding place for the deserter Franz Engl from Hallstatt. His girlfriend, Hofer Sef, who provided him with food, fell fatally there. Then Franz inaugurated the pastor of Hallstatt. At the priest's request, Engl had been pardoned.

Since then the cave has been visited again and again. On August 4, 1910, it was opened as the first show cave in the Gmunden district.

The Dachstein researcher Friedrich Simony carried out scientific studies in the Koppenbrüller cave.

The Koppenbrüller cave became known through the discovery of the first blind cave beetle (Arctaphaenops angulipennis Meixner).

tourism

The Koppenbrüller cave is mentioned in a travel guide about the Salzkammergut from 1820 as the “famous show cave”. Presumably, even then, locals led tourists through the cave for a fee. The cave has been accessible since 1910 and guided tours take place regularly.

The cave can be visited in the summer months. Warm clothing and sturdy shoes with non-slip soles are recommended. It can be reached from the Salzkammergutbahn stop of the same name .

Nearby on the Schönbergalm are the Dachstein Mammoth Cave and Dachstein Giant Ice Cave , which can also be visited.

natural reserve

In Austria, caves are in principle (ex-lege) under strict nature protection. This cave was declared a natural monument in 1973 ( ND610 Koppenbrüller cave , nature conservation book: OÖ-65 / Obertraun). The area is located in the core zone of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Cultural Landscape Hallstatt – Dachstein / Salzkammergut ( WHS 806 ) and in the Dachstein European and nature reserve (bird protection and FFH area, AT3101000 / EU02 ; N098 ).

literature

Robert Bouchal, Josef Wirth: Cave Guide Austria - Over 100 caves with sketches, plans, access descriptions and 150 photos . Pichler Verlag, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-85431-234-2 , pp. 131-134.
Hilde and Willi Senft: Mysterious Salzkammergut . ISBN 978-3-7020-0952-6 .

Web links

Website of the cave , on dachstein-salzkammergut.com
Entry on Koppenbrüller Cave in the Austria Forum (in the Heimatlexikon)
Koppenbrüller Höhle , in Upper Austria: Geographical Nature Conservation Information System (GENISYS)

Individual evidence

Jump up ↑ The Engl Cave , say.at
↑ Richard Boehmker: Franz Engl, the deserter in the Koppenbrüllerhöhle , Hamburg, Vienna 1929
↑ Biologiezentrum.at (PDF; 566 kB)
^ Decision of August 30, 1973 (Agrar - 450003-5509-Ha).
Information in Gerhard W. Mandl (author chapter 2): Pilot project "Karstwasser Dachstein" . Volume 2: Karst hydrology and risk of contamination of springs . In: Geologische Bundesanstalt (Hrsg.): Archive for deposit research . tape 21 (= monographs volume 108 - M-108). Vienna 2001, 2.4 Geological natural monuments in the Dachstein region , 3rd Koppenbrüller cave (580 m) , p. 39 ( pdf , googledrive.com [accessed April 10, 2014]). pdf ( Memento of the original from April 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
↑ Dachstein European Protected Area (bird sanctuary and FFH area, AT3101000) , Dachstein nature reserve in the communities of Gosau, Hallstatt and Obertraun , Genisys

[1] Jump up ↑ The Engl Cave , say.at

[2] Richard Boehmker: Franz Engl, the deserter in the Koppenbrüllerhöhle , Hamburg, Vienna 1929

[3] Biologiezentrum.at (PDF; 566 kB)

[4] Decision of August 30, 1973 (Agrar - 450003-5509-Ha).
Information in Gerhard W. Mandl (author chapter 2): Pilot project "Karstwasser Dachstein" . Volume 2: Karst hydrology and risk of contamination of springs . In: Geologische Bundesanstalt (Hrsg.): Archive for deposit research . tape 21 (= monographs volume 108 - M-108). Vienna 2001, 2.4 Geological natural monuments in the Dachstein region , 3rd Koppenbrüller cave (580 m) , p. 39 ( pdf , googledrive.com [accessed April 10, 2014]). pdf ( Memento of the original from April 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[5] Dachstein European Protected Area (bird sanctuary and FFH area, AT3101000) , Dachstein nature reserve in the communities of Gosau, Hallstatt and Obertraun , Genisys