Tschamberhöhle
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| Location: | Black Forest , Germany , Dinkelberg | |
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Geographic location: |
47 ° 35 '18 " N , 7 ° 49' 7.5" E | |
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| Type: | active brook cave | |
| Discovery: | 1890 | |
| Show cave since: | 1890 | |
| Lighting: | electric | |
| Overall length: | 1550 meters | |
| Length of the show cave area: |
600 meters | |
| Website: | official page | |
The Tschamberhöhle is located in Baden-Württemberg in the Rheinfelden district of Riedmatt in the Karsau district of Rheinfelden , directly above the Rhine . The cave is crossed by a creek, a tributary of the Rhine, from north to south. It belongs to the genus of active brook caves . The cave is located in the karstified shell limestone of the Dinkelberg and has a total length of 1550 meters. The publicly accessible part is 600 meters. The Tschamberhöhle is one of three show caves in the Muschelkalk in Germany.
history
During the construction of the Hochrheinbahn from Basel to Singen (Hohentwiel) in 1856, the original entrance was filled in. From 1876 to 1879 the cave was searched for and drilling was unsuccessful. A few years later the cave was rediscovered. Since 1890 it has been accessible as a show cave over a length of 560 meters. In 1966 electrical lighting was installed. Until 2018 the Tschamberhöhle was operated by the Black Forest Association Karsau, now the WST Rheinfelden (Baden) continues to operate with the affiliated Tourist Information Rheinfelden.
geology
The extremely varied structures of the cave walls and the spring grotto at the end of the exhibition are remarkable. The brook has created a narrow subterranean gorge . Stalactites and sinter can be found almost only in the front part of the cave, which is no longer traversed by the stream. The route ends at a six by six meter basin into which a powerful waterfall pours.
Adjacent caves
- The Nagelfluh cave is hidden up in the forest about a kilometer to the east.
- Not too far away is the Erdmannshöhle near Hasel.
- In the forest between Riedmatt and North Swabia is the Teufelsloch , with a depth of around 75 meters and a length of 200 meters, the largest known shaft cave on the Dinkelberg. It is visible from the outside through a collapse doline, but difficult to secure due to the extremely unstable, marly limestone ( Lettenkalk ) and therefore not publicly accessible for safety reasons.
Geo-Museum Dinkelberg
The municipal geo-museum Dinkelberg was opened in 2009 in a former ground floor apartment of an apartment building directly on the access route to the Tschamberhöhle . The foundation of the museum is an exhibition on the geology of the Dinkelberg, which has been shown to the public several times since 2006, the objects of which have been brought together by members of the Hochrhein-Fricktal regional group in the Association of Friends of Mineralogy and Geology over many years. The exhibition of rocks, crystals and fossils from the region, accompanied by display boards, was handed over to the city of Rheinfelden (Baden) in 2009 to enable permanent presentation. The exhibition will continue to be professionally supervised by the initiators.
literature
- Hans Binder, Anke Lutz, Hans Martin Lutz: Show caves in Germany . Aegis Verlag, Ulm 1993. ISBN 3-87005-040-3
- Stephan Kempe: World full of secrets - caves. Series: HB Bildatlas special edition, HB Verlags- und Vertriebs-Gesellschaft 1997. ISBN 3-616-06739-1
- Rudolf Steiner: The "Tschamberhöhle" near Rheinfelden-Riedmatt. About the origin of her name. In: Das Markgräflerland , Volume 1/2004, pp. 78–87, digitized version of the Freiburg University Library
- Rudolf Steiner: The Tschamberhöhle near Rheinfelden-Riedmatt - a myth is demystified. In: Vom Jura zum Schwarzwald, 79th year (2005), pp. 145–157 digitized at e-periodica
- Serge von Bubnoff (author), Badischer Landesverein für Naturkunde und Naturschutz eV (Ed.): The Tschamberhöhle near Riedmatt am Dinkelberg. PDF
See also
Web links
- Tschamberhöhle , show caves in Germany
- Pictures from the Tschamberhöhle ( Memento from December 1, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ^ Economic development and location development Rheinfelden (Baden) GmbH
- ^ The fascination of petrified oysters , Badische Zeitung , Rheinfelden edition, July 27, 2009