Miralucke
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| Location: | Lower Austria , Austria | |
| Height : | 698 m above sea level A. | |
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Geographic location: |
47 ° 56 '7 " N , 15 ° 51' 12" E | |
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| Cadastral number: | 1867/8 | |
| Geology: | Gutenstein lime | |
| Overall length: | 306 m | |
| Level difference: | 19 m | |
Miralucke (also called Myralucke , to differentiate also Pernitzer Miralucke ) is a cave on the Unterberg in Lower Austria .
Description and exploration
The Miralucke has the cadastral number 1867 /8 and is located in Lamwegtal on the eastern foot of the Untersberg m at an altitude of 698th The Mirabach rises from here and is also formed by the Myra Falls . The cave, located in dolomitic Gutensteiner Kalk , is an episodically active water cave and has two siphon stretches that can only be overcome by diving and partly with a rubber dinghy. The total length of the cave is over 306 m, the total height difference is 19 m.
A "complete investigation of the Myra hatch" to be commissioned by the Lower Austrian provincial government was already considered possible in 1927.
From the entrance, which is 2 m high and 1.8 m wide, you can walk north over the bridge to the chapel and rain hall with a small water basin. Here the cave continues west until it reaches the window siphon (up to this point about 70 m long). This now leads 20 m under water, with labyrinth-like stretches connected to the side. After the siphon, the corridor forks into three floors, which all reunite in front of the Teimersee . This is 40 m long and at the end of it branches off the narrow brook chasm , which can only be reached by climbing , which was discovered in 1983. The 15 m long Teimer siphon leads straight ahead , to which a spacious gap connects, the floor of which is partly covered with water. This leads into the 20 m long Käthe-Halle , at the end of which there is a passage that leads to the most distant part of the cave, the waterfall hall , which was only explored in 2003. Here a water-filled corridor prevents further progress.
Cave sagas
There are numerous legends about the Miralucke: a girl named Mira falls into the lake, an enchanted emperor with entourage is staying here, with a password you can get a treasure. Other stories are about blind fish, seamen and the entrance to the underworld.
literature
- Helga and Wilhelm Hartmann: The caves of Lower Austria . Volume 2, 1982, pp. 159-160; Volume 4, 1990, pp. 342-344; Volume 5, 2000, p. 360.
- Speleological communications.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cadastral number 1867/12, near the Ramsau . It was allegedly filled with ammunition and blown up in 1945. Helga and Wilhelm Hartmann: The caves of Lower Austria . Ed .: Regional Association for Speleology in Vienna and Lower Austria. tape 2 . Vienna 1982, p. 161 .
- ↑ according to Hartmann: The caves of Lower Austria
- ↑ according to Austrian map (amap.at)
- ^ Muckendorf. (Speleology.). In: Badener Zeitung , October 15, 1927, p. 5, bottom left. (Online at ANNO ). .