Versturzhöhle (Kugelstein)
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| Location: | Kugelstein near Deutschfeistritz , Styria / A | |
| Height : | 511 m above sea level A. | |
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Geographic location: |
47 ° 13 '26.7 " N , 15 ° 20' 11.9" E | |
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| Cadastral number: | 2784/14 | |
| Geology: | Schöcklkalk | |
| Lighting: | No | |
| Overall length: | 32 m | |
| Level difference: | -3 m | |
The Versturzhöhle near Deutschfeistritz is 511 m above sea level. A. im Kugelstein north of the main town of Deutschfeistritz and south of Badl , Styria in Austria .
location
The Versturzhöhle is located on the eastern slope of the Kugelstein, south of the Leiterhöhle and north of Kugelsteinhöhle III , not far from the municipal boundary between Deutschfeistritz and Frohnleiten . The access to the cave is on a rock wall, in a channel a little below the plateau edge of the globular stone.
description
The 32 meter long cave has an entrance more than 15 meters wide and 4 meters high. There are numerous large fall blocks in the entrance area. From the entrance in the northeast, a short, steeply sloping corridor leads to several cave rooms in which one can no longer find any fall blocks. In the eastern part of the cave there is a chimney , while in the western part there is a crevice shaft . Both the chimney and the cleft shaft have not yet been investigated. In the west runs parallel to the cave rooms a 10 meter long, deeper passage. There is a call connection between the cave rooms and this passage.
The rocky floor of the cave is partially covered with earthy sediments. The Verurzhöhle serves as a wintering place for some troglophile animals.
swell
- Heinrich Kusch : The caves in Kugelstein near Peggau (Styria) . In: The cave . tape 023 , 1972, p. 145–157 ( PDF (4.3 MB) on ZOBODAT ).
