Ostenberghöhle
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| Location: | Bestwig , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany | |
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Geographic location: |
51 ° 21 '2 " N , 8 ° 24' 6.2" E | |
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| Geology: | Northern edge of the Rhenish Slate Mountains | |
| Type: | Natural cave | |
| Discovery: | 1991 | |
| Overall length: | 622 m | |
| Particularities: | Red stalactites | |
The Ostenberghöhle is a natural cave near Bestwig - Velmede in the Sauerland .
It is located in the Ostenberg in the Ostenberg nature reserve on the western slope of the Valmetal in Sparganophyllum limestone in the upper Middle Devon. The cave has a total passage length of 622 meters and extends over several floors. Their location above the valley level is unusually high.
During quarry work, the Ostenberg Cave was cut on the uppermost level in the Bestwig quarry. It was discovered in 1991 by Frank Stratmann from Bestwig and then skied for the first time together with Christian Moetz, also from Bestwig.
The cave is protected as a natural monument and is not open to the public. For the great mouse-eared bat and the pond bat it serves as a wintering quarters.
See also: List of caves in the Sauerland
literature
- R. Oelze, MR Brix and DK Richter (1994): Growth-zoned limestone sinter as a result of changing microenvironments in the Ostenberg cave . Greifswalder Geoscientific Contributions, Series A, Volume 2, pp. 148–149.
- R. Oelze (1995): Investigations on Speleothems of the Ostenberg Cave near Bestwig . Speleological Yearbook 1994, pp. 38-43.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Spelaeogruppe Letmathe: Ostenberghöhle ( Memento of the original from December 31, 2013 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. Retrieved December 31, 2013.
- ^ Newly discovered cave on Ostenberg in the Bestwig quarry.Retrieved on December 31, 2013.
- ↑ Landschaftsplan Bestwig, 2008, page 141. Retrieved on December 31, 2013.
