Aquarius Hole
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| Location: | Styria , Austria | |
| Height : | 600 m above sea level A. | |
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Geographic location: |
47 ° 34 '55 " N , 14 ° 49' 36" E | |
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| Cadastral number: | 1741/6 | |
| Overall length: | 1084 m | |
The Wassermannsloch ( cadastral number : 1741/6), also called Schwarze Lacke or Neustücklgrotte , located between the villages of Hieflau and Eisenerz , is the most important karst spring in the southwest of the Hochschwab massif in Austria .
description
The Wassermannsloch is located east of Oberjassingau in the valley of the Erzbach on private property. The mean flow rate of the spring is 524 l / s (min. 50 l / s, max. 10,000 l / s). With a total length of 1084 m, the Wassermannsloch (as of 2014) is the longest cave in Austria measured behind a permanent siphon .
history
The spring outlet, which has been known for a very long time and is at times very strong, aroused the first speleological interest as early as 1747 . The emperor's envoy, Joseph Anton Nagel examined the karst object and wrote a manuscript about it. Since 1995 the cave has been explored by members of the Association for Speleology in Upper Styria as part of the “Aquarius” project.
The name comes from the legend of Aquarius , who bought himself out with the knowledge of the Erzberg and then disappeared into the Wassermannsloch.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management (ed.): Hydrographisches Jahrbuch von Österreich 2010. 118th volume. Vienna 2012, p. Q50, PDF (12.6 MB) on bmlrt.gv.at (2010 yearbook)
- ↑ Robert Seebacher: Interim report on the current research in black paints near Eisenerz, Styria . In: Association of Austrian cave researchers, Association of German cave and karst researchers eV (Hrsg.): Die Höhle - magazine for karst and cave science . tape 56 , no. 1-4 , 2005, ISSN 0018-3091 , pp. 90–95 ( 2.64MB PDF [accessed September 2, 2012]).
- ↑ Hans von der Sann: The discovery of the Styrian ore mountain. In: Sagen aus dergrün Mark, Graz 1911. haben.at, accessed on January 10, 2013 .