List of caves in Wuppertal

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The list of caves in Wuppertal contains caves in the urban area of Wuppertal . The best known and largest is the large cave system of the Hardthöhlen . With a total length of more than 4000 m, it is the second largest in North Rhine-Westphalia. None of the caves in Wuppertal are show caves and are secured against unauthorized entry.

The list is not complete. It contains caves that have been mentioned in literature or on the Internet. The table is sortable, a pre-sorting takes place via the aisle length. An entry "unknown" in this table means that no evidence has yet been found for this information.

list

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cave Cave system
or group 		classification location Known length
in meters 		comment
Large caves (500 m to 5000 m total length)
Upper hard cave and lower hard cave Hard caves Large cave system Hardtberg 4037 Formerly separated now connected
Ascension Ponor Cave Large cave Möddinghofe cave area 661
Middle caves (50 m to 500 m total length)
Deep hard cave Middle cavity Hardtberg 120 Access in the Hardt tunnel
Goat Castle Cave I Goat Castle Caves Middle cavity Hardtberg 70
Meerkat's hole Middle cavity Möddinghofe cave area 60
Blumenroth Ponor Cave Middle cavity Flower red 50
Small caves (less than 50 m total length)
Dorper tunnel cave II Dorper caves Small cave Dorp facies 45 Access in the Dorp tunnel
Meinebach Ponor Cave Small cave Möddinghofe cave area 31
Dragon hole Small cave Rittershausen / Höfen 26th
Goat Castle III Goat Castle Caves Small cave Hardtberg 18th
Dorper tunnel cave I Dorper caves Small cave Dorp facies 16 Access in the Dorp tunnel
Goat Castle Cave II Goat Castle Caves Small cave Hardtberg 10
Fatloh shaft cave Small cave Fatloh 10 Access at the Fatloh tunnel
Dorper Laugh Cave Dorper caves Small cave Dorp facies unknown Access in the Dorp tunnel
Dorper shaft cave Dorper caves Small cave Dorp facies unknown Access in the Dorp tunnel
unknown Dorper caves Small cave Dorp facies unknown Access in the Dorp tunnel
Lowest hard cave Hard caves unknown Hardtberg unknown
Playground cave Small cave Rittershausen / Höfen unknown
Dorrenberg cave Small cave Dorrenberg unknown Access in the Dorrenberg tunnel
Fishing cave unknown unknown unknown
Frettlöhrhöhle unknown Barmen unknown
Destroyed caves or caves of which there are only written records or legends
Döppersberg Cave I Döppersberg caves Small cave Döppersberg unknown destroyed in the 21st century
Döppersberg Cave II Döppersberg caves Small cave Döppersberg unknown destroyed in the 21st century
Dwarf cave unknown Kluse unknown destroyed in the 19th century
Iceland cave unknown Iceland unknown mentioned in a collection of sagas

Remarks

  1. ↑ The entry of the natural monument mentions five caves that belong to the Dorper caves. An investigation report in 2015 only gives four. Two Dorper Laughhöhlen were probably merged into one.
  2. ↑ A text suggests that it was not destroyed.

Web links

Commons : Höhlen in Wuppertal  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Arbeitskreis Kluterthöhle eV (AKKH) - Research Current - 2002. (No longer available online.) In: akkh.de. Archived from the original on June 30, 2007 ; accessed on January 26, 2017 . 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@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.akkh.de
  2. ↑ Assessment of landscape conservation and an overall examination of species protection law for the expansion of a footpath and cycle path on the Nordbahntrasse . ( ibbeck.de [PDF]).
  3. ↑ a b c Announcements from the Association of German Cave and Karst Researchers. V. No.  3/2016 , 2016, ISSN  0505-2211 , p. 98-99 ( vdhk.de [PDF]).
  4. ↑ [1]
  5. ^ Anton Wilhelm von Zuccalmaglio : The early days of the countries Cleve-Mark, Jülich-Berg and Westphalen . S. Lucas, January 1, 1870, p.  269 ( limited preview in Google Book search).