Wind hole (Großmeinfeld)
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_04.jpg) Wind hole, view of the collapse doline |
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| Location: | Großmeinfeld , Hartenstein , Franconian Switzerland , Germany | |
| Height : | 480 m above sea level NN | |
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Geographic location: |
49 ° 34 '6.8 " N , 11 ° 31' 6" E | |
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| Cadastral number: | A 5 | |
| Geology: | dolomite | |
| Type: | Shaft cave | |
| Show cave since: | No | |
| Lighting: | No | |
| Overall length: | 75 meters | |
The Windloch is a natural karst cave near Großmeinfeld, a district of the Central Franconian municipality of Hartenstein in the district of Nürnberger Land in Bavaria .
The cave is located on the eastern slope of the Lohhügel and is about 1100 meters to the south-east from Großmeinfeld. She's in Geotopkataster listed Bavaria under the number 574H015. It is registered as A 5 in the Franconian Alb cave register (HFA). The cave is part of the FFH area caves of the northern Franconian Alb (6335-305).
description
The entrance to the wind hole leads through an eight-meter-deep collapse doline with a 15-meter diameter, which leads steeply downwards and breaks off overhanging abruptly. In the shaft cave there is a cave dome with a diameter of 20 meters and a height of 35 meters. The cave walls are extensively covered with sinter . The cave is very wet from dripping water.
history
The cave has been known since around 1900 and was examined in 1928 by the Nuremberg speleologist Richard Erl . In addition to various bones, remains of human skeletons were found. Based on other finds, it is assumed that the cave has been repeatedly visited at least from the Hallstatt period to the present day. Around 1930 the topographical mapping (cave plan) was carried out by Richard Spöcker. The owner of the cave is the Natural History Society of Nuremberg .
Access
The cave is accessible all year round. Due to the protection of the caves and the bats that hibernate there , it is not accessible from October to April. In general, the cave was only by very experienced cavers with appropriate equipment traveled to. Fatal accidents occur time and again in this cave. To protect against unsuspecting entry, the sinkhole was fenced in and an information board was installed.
The best way to get to the cave is via hiking trails from Großmeinfeld.
literature
- Richard G. Spöcker: Topographical Cave Atlas of Franconia . Lorenz Spindler publishing house, Nuremberg 1930.
- Stephan Lang: Höhlen in Franken - A hiking guide into the underworld of Hersbrucker Switzerland and the Upper Palatinate Jura . Hans Carl Verlag, Nuremberg 2002, ISBN 3-418-00390-7 , p. 78.
Web links
- Geotope number: 574H015 The wind hole in the geotope register Bavaria (accessed on March 20, 2020)
- Info from Research Group Cave and Karst Franken eV (accessed on August 16, 2012)
- Info Caveclimbers ( Accessed August 16, 2012)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Geotope Cadastre Bavaria (accessed on August 16, 2012)
- ↑ Article, Dangerous Recklessness: In Latschen climbed Nürnberger Nachrichten of December 9, 2007 (accessed February 8, 2013)