Moggaster cave
| Moggaster cave
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 Entrance to the Moggaster cave |
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| Location: | Moggast, Franconian Switzerland , Germany | |
| Height : | 523.44 m above sea level NN | |
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Geographic location: |
49 ° 46 '26.1 " N , 11 ° 15' 34" E | |
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| Cadastral number: | D 110 | |
| Geology: | dolomite | |
| Type: | Crevice cave | |
| Show cave since: | No | |
| Lighting: | No | |
| Overall length: | 2000 meters | |
| Level difference: | 69.3 meters | |
| Particularities: | locked | |
The Moggaster Cave is a natural karst cave near Moggast , a district of Ebermannstadt in the Upper Franconian district of Forchheim in Bavaria .
location
The cave is located about 600 meters north of Moggast on the southern slope of the 544 meter high Hohlberg.
description
The Moggaster Cave is a natural karst cave with a total length of over 2000 meters and a depth of around 70 meters. It is one of the longest and most important caves in the Franconian Alb . The cave is designated as a natural monument (ND-03927), as a ground monument D-4-6233-0051 and in the cave cadastre Franconian Alb (HFA) with the cadastral number D 110.
Immediately after the entrance, the cave drops off steeply. Steep drops and collapse zones make driving difficult . The combined split and storey cave has water basins and stalactite galleries . The rock debris covered by the sinter shows that stalactite formation probably began after the worm glaciers . The lower and newly discovered parts show an untouched world of caves with many formations.
The cave is also of interest to zoologists and, in addition to many micro-animals, also houses the glacier-flea-hard springtail .
history
The cave had been known for a long time, as is proven by finds from the Urnfield , Hallstatt and Latène times . In 1773 the doctor and cave researcher Johann Christian Rosenmüller explored the cave with some companions. Among them was the then "Mockas school teacher" (Moggast). In doing so, they discovered numerous cave bear bones , skull remnants and teeth between cave blocks, side niches and in the cave clay . In 1796 Rosenmüller documented these finds in the essay Description of the Cave near Mockas . Adalbert Neischl described the cave in 1902 as "the wildest and most dangerous, but also one of the most interesting caves around Muggendorf".
Access
A visit is only possible with equipment and appropriate experience. The cave is closed all year round and only accessible for scientific research purposes. However, the ban is repeatedly disregarded.
literature
- Stephan Lang: Höhlen in Franken - hiking guide into the underworld of Franconian Switzerland with new tours. Hans Carl Verlag, Nuremberg 2006, ISBN 978-3-418-00385-6 , p. 109.
- Friedrich Herrmann: Caves of the Franconian and Hersbrucker Switzerland. Hans Carl Verlag, Nuremberg 1991, ISBN 3-418-00356-7 , pp. 49-50.
- Yearbook Karst and Caves, 1998/99: The Moggaster Cave. One of the most important caves in Franconian Switzerland.
- Brigitte Kaulich, Hermann Schaaf: Small guide to caves around Muggendorf. Natural History Society - Department for Cave and Karst Research, Nuremberg 1980, ISBN 3-922877-00-1 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Moggaster Cave Natural Monument (accessed on August 25, 2016)
- ↑ State Association for Cave and Karst Research in Bavaria eV, protected caves (accessed on October 11, 2013)
- ↑ Moggast Chronik ( Memento of the original from February 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on October 11, 2013)
