Lower Schießerbach Cave
| Lower Schießerbach Cave
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 Portal with a water curtain |
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| Location: | Dead Mountains near Bad Ischl , Upper Austria | |
| Height : | 605 m above sea level A. | |
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Geographic location: |
47 ° 41 '44.3 " N , 13 ° 40' 30.6" E | |
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| Cadastral number: | 1616/6 | |
| Geology: | Dachstein Limestone | |
| Overall length: | 411 m | |
| Level difference: | +102 m | |
The Lower Schießerbach Cave (cadastral number 1616/6) is a cave in the Dead Mountains in Bad Ischler municipality in Upper Austria. It is located in the Rettenbachtal at 605 m above sea level. A. about 40 meters above the forest road to the Rettenbachalm.
topology
The Lower Schießerbach Cave runs along a south-west-north-east trending fault that drops below about 50 degrees to the north-west.
15 to 20 m further west of the entrance there is a low joint that cannot be closed after a few meters. The up to 4 m high and 2 m wide chasm stretches 70 m in a north-easterly direction into the mountain, then follows a stretch angled to the south, to which a smooth, 4 m high step has to be overcome. This is followed by the short but very narrow Bergthalerschluf , behind which the cave continues. The cave is normally not water-bearing. During the snowmelt and after rain, a wide, remarkable water curtain pours over the entrance portal. This is the watercourse coming from the Upper Schießerbach Cave (643 m).
Caving
In 1935 the Bergthalerschluf was conquered for the first time and the cave was further explored. In 1992, after the measurement of 79 m of new land, the research in the Lower Schießerbach Cave was brought to a conclusion.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Erhard Fritsch: The caves of the Rettenbach valley near Bad Ischl. 1st chapter. In: Apollo. 44, 1976, pp. 4-7 ( PDF (4.3 MB) on ZOBODAT ).
- ^ Association of Austrian Speleologists: Activity reports 1992 of the associations and research groups affiliated to the Association of Austrian Speleologists (PDF, 8.9 MB; landesmuseum.at).