Meinebach Ponor Cave
| Meinebach Ponor Cave
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| Location: | Wuppertal | |
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Geographic location: |
51 ° 18 '0 " N , 7 ° 15' 36" E | |
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| Type: | Karst cave | |
| Overall length: | 31 m | |
The Meinebach-Ponorhöhle (also spelled Meinebacher-Ponorhöhle ) is a cave in the Wuppertal city area with a length of 31 m.
Location and description
The Meinebach-Ponorhöhle is located in the east of Wuppertal in the Linderhauser Senke near the city limits of Schwelm . It belongs to the Möddinghofe cave area , east of the named brook Meine . In the breakthrough valley of the karst water - the mine - which occasionally falls dry, there are some rapid streams and rock outcrops as well as stream shrinkages . Other cave entrances in the vicinity are named as the Himmelfahrt-Ponorhöhle and the Erdmännkes Kuhle .
The entire corridor length (GGL) was determined to be 31 m, a very narrow side corridor does not lead any further.
history
The working group Kluterthöhle e. V. (AKKH) explored the caves in the Möddinghofe cave area in 2000. The unstable access area of the cave was secured.
Protection status
The Möddinghofe cave area is designated as a natural monument in the Wuppertal-Nord landscape plan under 2.6.17 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Arbeitskreis Kluterthöhle eV (AKKH) - Current Research - 2000. (No longer available online.) In: akkh.de. Archived from the original on June 30, 2007 ; accessed on January 17, 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.
- ^ Lutz Koch : Geological excursion through the Linderhauser Kalkgebiet. Retrieved January 17, 2017 .
- ↑ Wuppertal-Nord landscape plan ( memento of the original from January 17, 2017 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.
