Fatloh shaft cave
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![The outcrop at the eastern tunnel portal of the Fatloh tunnel, the entrance to the cave is said to be on the southern side (left). [A 1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Wuppertal_Eintrachtstra%C3%9Fe_2017_040.jpg) The outcrop at the eastern tunnel portal of the Fatloh tunnel, the entrance to the cave should be on the southern side (left). |
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| Location: | Wuppertal | |
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Geographic location: |
51 ° 16 '41.6 " N , 7 ° 12' 18.9" E | |
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| Type: | Karst cave | |
| Overall length: | 10 m | |
The Fatloh shaft cave is a 10 m long cave in the Wuppertal city area, which is designated as a natural monument in accordance with § 22 a LG NRW.
Location and description
The Fatloh shaft cave is located at its southern exposure around 50 m from the eastern tunnel portal of the Fatloh tunnel on the former Düsseldorf-Derendorf-Dortmund Süd railway line , the so-called Nordbahntrasse . The tunnel breaks through limestone cliffs of the Middle Devon . The shaft cave is described as very narrow, inside there are partly different sinter forms , dolomite sand and a fall cone made of large dolomite blocks. This is the only accessible cave in dolomitized mass limestone in the Wuppertal city area. Access to the small cave is locked to prevent unauthorized entry. The cave is used by bats as winter quarters, for which an access hole has been left. The Eintrachtstraße is located above the mountains.
history
The tunnel was built from 1870 to 1874. Today, the Kluterthöhle e. V. (AKKH) the underground cavity. Representatives of the association examined the cave in 2008, before the redesign of the railway line, which was closed in 1999, began in 2009.
Web links
- Entry (PDF) of the Wuppertal natural monument
Remarks
- ↑ At the time of admission (in January 2017) the entrance could not be discovered. Maybe it was covered with leaves.
- ↑ The entry for the natural monument describes the position of the eastern tunnel portal. On the official base map (ABK) the natural monument (ND) is on the western side of the tunnel.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Entry (PDF) of the Wuppertal natural monument
- ^ Tunnel in Wuppertal. In: blogspot.de. wuppertal-untertage.blogspot.de, accessed on January 29, 2017 .
- ↑ Monitoring of the bat fauna of the northern railway line Wuppertal Tunnel Schee, Tunnel Tesche and replacement roosts 2013–2015 . September 4, 2015 ( Monitoring of the bat fauna of the northern railway line Wuppertal Tunnel Schee, Tunnel Tesche and substitute roosts 2013–2015 ( memento from January 19, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) [PDF]).
- ↑ Nordbahntrasse Wuppertal Tunnel Fatloh - Report on the tunnel renovation with cost estimate -. (PDF) gis.ibbeck.de, accessed on January 29, 2017 .
- ↑ Arbeitskreis Kluterthöhle eV (AKKH) - Current Research - 2008. (No longer available online.) In: akkh.de. Archived from the original on January 29, 2017 ; accessed on January 29, 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.
