List of caves in the Mettmann district

The lower entrance to the Neander Cave , Bongard, 1835

Small Feldhofer Grotto (cross section), Charles Lyell , 1863

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The list of caves in the Mettmann district names a selection of caves . They formed in the mass limestone . Speleologists know a number of small caves in the region of Heiligenhaus , Velbert and Wülfrath . The well-known caves in the Neandertal were destroyed by limestone mining.

list

• Engelskammer, Erkrath / Mettmann, departed
• Teufelskammer, Erkrath / Mettmann, gone
• Rabenstein, Erkrath / Mettmann, gone
• Wolfsgrube, Erkrath / Mettmann, gone
• Mammoth Cave, Erkrath / Mettmann, gone
• Feldhofer Church, Erkrath / Mettmann, gone
• Neanderhöhle (Leuchtenburg), Erkrath / Mettmann, gone
• Löwengrube (Wolfsschlucht), Erkrath / Mettmann, gone
• Horse stable, Erkrath / Mettmann, gone
• Small Feldhofer Grotto , Erkrath / Mettmann, site of the Neanderthal man (51.22731 ° N, 6.94562 ° E)
• Cave in the Wülfrath limestone quarry ("700 meters long and 100 to 150 meters wide. Its height is up to 20 meters."), Wülfrath

Individual evidence

1. ↑ domestic work areas - carbonate karst. In: https://akkh.de . Geological Service, 2020, accessed in 2020 . 
2. ↑ Carl Fullrott: The caves and caverns in Rhineland-Westphalia.
3. ^ Franz-Josef Knöchel: Location of the Neanderthal fossil in Erkrath. LVR-Redaktion KuLaDig, 2015, accessed on July 12, 2020 . 
4. ↑ Holger Kroker: Flowers from the Cretaceous Period in a cave in the Bergisches Land . In: THE WORLD . October 24, 1999 ( welt.de [accessed July 12, 2020]).