Philippenhöhle
| Philippenhöhle
|
||
|---|---|---|
| Location: | Wallersberg , Weismain , Franconian Switzerland , Germany | |
|
Geographic location: |
50 ° 2 '35.7 " N , 11 ° 13' 11.5" E | |
|
||
| Cadastral number: | C 40 | |
| Geology: | dolomite | |
| Type: | Karst cave | |
| Overall length: | 7 m | |
The Philippenhöhle (also known as Philippenloch ) is a natural karst cave near the Upper Franconian town of Weismain in the Lichtenfels district in Bavaria .
The cave is located on the northern edge of Franconian Switzerland . It has the protection status of a ground monument and is managed by the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation under monument number D-4-5933-0073 . The cave is registered as C 40 in the Franconian Alb cave register (HFA).
Location and description
The 7 m long and 8 m wide cave is located about 50 m above the level of the Kleinziegenfelder valley on the rocky slope below the Wallersberg district of Weismain . It is open to the south and lies at about 415 m above sea level. NN .
History and use
The Philippenhöhle was probably settled for the first time by people of the leaf tip group in the period between 50,000 and 35,000 BC. The evidence is the finding of a leaf tip fragment in a layer of soil on the forecourt of the cave. In this early phase of use, the Philippenhöhle may only have served as a resting place for wandering hunters and gatherers . Small remains indicate that the cave was also used in the Bronze Age . From the Hallstatt period , around 1300 to 500 BC. Chr., Ceramic shards were found in the cave, which indicate a longer permanent settlement. Smaller finds have also shown that the cave was used in the Middle Ages . A scientific investigation of the cave in 1916 showed that its intensive use over several epochs and earlier excavations largely destroyed the layers of finds and traces of the respective earlier epochs.
literature
- Michael Hoppe: A journey through the prehistory and early history of Weismain . In: Günter Dippold (Ed.): Weismain - A Franconian city on the northern Jura 1. Dechant Bau GmbH, Weismain 2011, ISBN 978-3-9814302-0-2
- Josef Urban Leafed through the history books: Stations in the history of Wallersberg, Mosenberg and Weihersmühle . In: Markus Hatzold: Festschrift der Freiwilligen Feuerwehr Wallersberg-Mosenberg , Weismain 2009, length: 118 pages