List of protected caves in Lower Austria

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This list contains all caves in the federal state of Lower Austria that have been placed under protection under the Natural Cave Protection Act.

photo		Surname	Cadastral no.	Location	description	date
		Alland stalactite cave	1911/2	Alland KG:  Alland location		07/30/1949
		Einödhöhle and elves cave	1914/6	Pfaffstätten KG:  Einöd location		06/19/1949
		Devil's hole	6846/3	Röschitz KG:  Roggendorf location	The Teufelslucke (also Teufelslucken, Fuchsenloch, Fuchsenlucken, Roggendorferhöhle) is a 110 m long layer boundary cave in granite and Eggendorf limestone . The cave is the most important cave hyena nest in Austria from the Young Pleistocene , over 30,000 bones of mammoth , woolly rhinoceros , horse, primal cattle , cave bear , reindeer, giant deer , cave hyena , wolf and various small mammals have been found. The small mammals come from the wool of owls or were prey of the fox and come from the end of the Ice Age and the Holocene . Finds from the Magdalenian and coin finds from the 16th and 19th centuries.	07.10.1964
		Klafterbrunnerhöhle	6847/2	Ernstbrunn KG:  Oberleis location	The Klafterbrunner cave is a 28 m long cave in a quarry of the Ernstbrunner Kalkbreccie with 3 and since a ceiling collapse in 1998 then 4 entrances.	02/12/1959
		Eichmayer Cave	6845/11	Albrechtsberg an der Große Krems KG:  Purkersdorf location	The Eichmayer Cave (also Eichmaier Cave, Fuchshöhle, Fuchsloch) is a 60 m long cave in the amphibolite on the left bank of the Kleine Krems . The cave is connected to the stone hall (6845/13). In several excavations, the first in 1884, prehistoric and palaeontological finds were recovered and several fireplaces were identified. The flint artifacts were assigned to the Magdalenian . Opened tubular bones from 27 Ice Age mammals and bones from 8 bird species were found.	11/14/1969
		Gudenus Cave	6845/10	Weinzierl am Walde KG:  Nöhagen location		08/28/1969
		Kohlerhöhle	1833/1	Annaberg KG:  Langseitenrotte location	The Kohlerhöhle is located on the western slope of the Großer Koller ( 1109  m ) and is a layer joint cave and the largest gypsum cave in the east of the Alps . The cave was opened as a show cave in 1930. The cave is zoologically significant because of its bats.	01/10/1951
		Turk Hole	1866/17	Kleinzell KG:  Ebenwald location	The Türkenloch is a 219 m long cave in the main dolomite west of Kleinzell. Location of human skeletal remains, pottery shards and coins. The cave is very significant zoologically. The springtails Pseudosinella voratscheri , Onychiurus cavernicolus and Plusiocampa strouhali cavicola were detected for the first time in the cave, the mite Rhagidia strasseri was found here for the second time shortly after its first description in the Krainer Karst. The cave is home to nine different bat species.	07/19/1967
		Ötscher cave system (entrance Taubenloch)	1816/14	Mitterbach am Erlaufsee KG:  Mitterbachseerotte location		10/26/1966
		Ötscher cave system (entrance Geldloch)	1816/6	Mitterbach am Erlaufsee KG:  Mitterbachseerotte location		04/18/1963
		Raxeis Cave	1853/6	Gloggnitz KG:  Klein- and Großau location	The Raxeishöhle (also ice cellar) is located north of the Neue Seehütte in the Wetterstein Limestone . It is accessible via a shaft doline, has a length of 65 m and the descent into the hall is covered with snow or ice all year round. Nice ice formations in spring. The cave was opened for tourism in 1934, but nothing of the facilities has survived.	December 16, 1966
		Hermannshöhle	2871/7	Kirchberg am Wechsel KG:  Ofenbach location		06/03/1931
		Hengstleitenschacht	1854/71	Bürg-Vöstenhof KG:  Vöstenhof location	The Hengstleitenschacht is a 222 m long and 76 m deep cave in the Wetterstein limestone .	December 3rd, 1977
		Karthauser cave	1824/8	Gaming KG:  Gaming location	The Karthäuserhöhle (also Schiffnerhöhle) is a 116 m long cave in the Gutenstein limestone on the western slope of Schwarzenberg. In the inscription hall you can find inscriptions by the Fathers of the Kartause Gaming , the oldest of the red or black inscriptions dates from 1512. The last prior of the Charterhouse, Stephanus Braun , left his inscription in 1759. The purpose of the inscriptions and the use of the cave are unknown , Repentance, place of exile or refuge would be possible. The cave was forgotten, it was not officially known again until 1926, which had a positive effect on the state of preservation of the inscriptions.	07/11/1960
		Hochkarschacht	1814/5	Göstling at Ybbs KG:  Lassing location		11/18/1966
		Ötscher stalactite cave	1824/10	Gaming KG:  Nestelberg location		07/28/1951
		Harness gait	1815/55	Gaming KG:  Seekopf location	The Harnischgang is a 672 m (as of 2000) long cave in the Dürrenstein area (Stainzenkogel, 1509  m ). The cave is characterized by the armor surfaces and the two large armor halls. Due to the bat bones finds, the cave is also of zoological interest.	10/08/1974
		Deer Drinking Cave	1815/121	Lunz am See KG:  Seekopf location	The Hirschtränkenhöhle is a 923 m long cave in the Dürrenstein area . The cave is of great zoological importance, bones of 8 bat species and other small mammals have been found.	10/08/1974
		Lechnerweid cave	1815/32	Lunz am See KG:  Seekopf location	The Lechnerweid cave is a giant cave system over 5200 m long and 470 m deep in the Dürrenstein area , the upper part of which lies in the Lias-Hierlatz limestone and the lower part in the Noric Dachstein limestone . The cave has a species-rich fauna of small mammals, v. a. an interesting bat population. It is the place where the blind cave beetle Arctaphaenops ilmingi SCHMID (syn. Arctaphaenops angulipennis styriacus WINKLER ) was found.	March 28, 1971
		Nix cave	1836/20	Frankenfels KG:  Frankenfels location	Note: The Nix cave is also a natural monument (PL-038).	09/14/1959
		Dry hole	1836/34	Schwarzenbach an der Pielach KG:  Schwarzenbach location	The dry hole is a cave over 4000 m (as of 2000) in the Reiflinger Kalk (lying) / Wettersteinkalk (hanging). The entrance hall (50 × 15 × 5 m) serves as a shelter for pilgrims to Mariazell . In the deeper layers, the dry hole is water-bearing, individual parts of the cave are connected to one another by partly long siphons . The cave channel emerges as Eitelgrünbach near the entrance. Due to bat finds and the unconfirmed find of the blind cave beetle Arctaphaenops ilmingi SCHMID zoologically significant. The cave is closed to protect the bats.	04/25/1963
		Reichenwaldhöhle	1826/2	Waidhofen an der Ybbs KG:  Kreilhof location		04/05/1963
		Eisenstein cave	1864/1	Bad Fischau-Brunn KG:  Brunn an der Schneebergbahn location		05/10/1931
		Eccentric cave	2872/4	Bad Erlach KG:  Erlach location		09/01/1960
		Big Koller cave	1864/14	Winzendorf-Muthmannsdorf KG:  Emmerberg location		December 24, 1970

source

• Protected caves. In: Nature Conservation in Lower Austria. State of Lower Austria, accessed on May 10, 2016 . 

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Individual evidence

1. ↑ Protected caves. In: Nature Conservation in Lower Austria. State of Lower Austria, accessed on May 10, 2016 . 
2. ^ Helga and Wilhelm Hartmann: The caves of Lower Austria . In: Regional Association for Speleology in Vienna and Lower Austria (ed.): Scientific supplements to the magazine "Die Höhle" . tape 2 . Vienna 1982, p. 308 .
3. ^ Helga and Wilhelm Hartmann: The caves of Lower Austria . In: Regional Association for Speleology in Vienna and Lower Austria (ed.): Scientific supplements to the magazine "Die Höhle" . tape 5 . Vienna 2000, p. 521 .
4. ^ Helga and Wilhelm Hartmann: The caves of Lower Austria . In: Regional Association for Speleology in Vienna and Lower Austria (ed.): Scientific supplements to the magazine "Die Höhle" . tape 2 . Vienna 1982, p. 315 .
5. ^ Helga and Wilhelm Hartmann: The caves of Lower Austria . In: Regional Association for Speleology in Vienna and Lower Austria (ed.): Scientific supplements to the magazine "Die Höhle" . tape 3 . Vienna 1985, p. 345-347 .
6. ^ Helga and Wilhelm Hartmann: The caves of Lower Austria . In: Regional Association for Speleology in Vienna and Lower Austria (ed.): Scientific supplements to the magazine "Die Höhle" . tape 2 . Vienna 1982, p. 28-30 .
7. ^ Helga and Wilhelm Hartmann: The caves of Lower Austria . In: Regional Association for Speleology in Vienna and Lower Austria (ed.): Scientific supplements to the magazine "Die Höhle" . tape 2 . Vienna 1982, p. 131-132 .
8. ↑ notice. Zl. 4875/67. (No longer available online.) Federal Monuments Office, archived from the original on May 10, 2016 ; accessed on May 10, 2016 . 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.  
9. ^ Helga and Wilhelm Hartmann: The caves of Lower Austria . In: Regional Association for Speleology in Vienna and Lower Austria (ed.): Scientific supplements to the magazine "Die Höhle" . tape 1 . Vienna 1979, p. 75-76 .
10. ^ Helga and Wilhelm Hartmann: The caves of Lower Austria . In: Regional Association for Speleology in Vienna and Lower Austria (ed.): Scientific supplements to the magazine "Die Höhle" . tape 4 . Vienna 1990, p. 251-252 .
11. ^ Helga and Wilhelm Hartmann: The caves of Lower Austria . In: Regional Association for Speleology in Vienna and Lower Austria (ed.): Scientific supplements to the magazine "Die Höhle" . tape 1 . Vienna 1979, p. 116-117 .
12. ^ Helga and Wilhelm Hartmann: The caves of Lower Austria . In: Regional Association for Speleology in Vienna and Lower Austria (ed.): Scientific supplements to the magazine "Die Höhle" . tape 3 . Vienna 1985, p. 260-261 .
13. ^ Helga and Wilhelm Hartmann: The caves of Lower Austria . In: Regional Association for Speleology in Vienna and Lower Austria (ed.): Scientific supplements to the magazine "Die Höhle" . tape 3 . Vienna 1985, p. 111-113 .
14. ^ Helga and Wilhelm Hartmann: The caves of Lower Austria . In: Regional Association for Speleology in Vienna and Lower Austria (ed.): Scientific supplements to the magazine "Die Höhle" . tape 3 . Vienna 1985, p. 134-138 .
15. ^ Helga and Wilhelm Hartmann: The caves of Lower Austria . In: Regional Association for Speleology in Vienna and Lower Austria (ed.): Scientific supplements to the magazine "Die Höhle" . tape 3 . Vienna 1985, p. 96-105 .
16. ^ Helga and Wilhelm Hartmann: The caves of Lower Austria . In: Regional Association for Speleology in Vienna and Lower Austria (ed.): Scientific supplements to the magazine "Die Höhle" . tape 2 . Vienna 1982, p. 80-83 .
17. ^ Helga and Wilhelm Hartmann: The caves of Lower Austria . In: Regional Association for Speleology in Vienna and Lower Austria (ed.): Scientific supplements to the magazine "Die Höhle" . tape 4 . Vienna 1990, p. 156-159 .
18. ^ Helga and Wilhelm Hartmann: The caves of Lower Austria . In: Regional Association for Speleology in Vienna and Lower Austria (ed.): Scientific supplements to the magazine "Die Höhle" . tape 5 . Vienna 2000, p. 207 .

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