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Erdfallhöhle Hasack

Two caves in the Middle Devonian Hobraeck beds near the Hasack farmstead, with passage lengths of 20 m and 29 m, sealed by the AKKH.

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Two caves in the Middle Devonian Hobraeck beds near the Hasack farmstead, with passage lengths of 20 m and 29 m, sealed by the AKKH.

Characteristics

Caves are protected biotopes (§30 BNatSchG). Caves used by bats as winter quarters must not be entered from 1 October to 31 March (§39(6) BNatSchG), except show caves and their developed parts.

Location

Near the Hasack farmstead there are 2 caves in the Middle Devonian Hobraeck beds.

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Approximate position

Entrances

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  1. Erdfallhöhle Hasack

    50.988255, 7.448855
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Description

Morphology

The cave at the Villa has a passage length of 20 m and a height difference of 5 m. The Hasack cave has a passage length of 29 m and a height difference of 7 m.

Other details

At the cave at the Villa there is also a natural bridge and traces of mining. In the immediate surroundings of the Hasack cave there are pits, sinkholes and a spoil heap. The caves were sealed by the AKKH.

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Source: Geotopkataster Nordrhein-Westfalen (Geologischer Dienst NRW) (ogc-api.nrw.de), modified. Data licence Germany – attribution – version 2.0 (dl-de/by-2-0), https://www.govdata.de/dl-de/by-2-0 Geowissenschaftliche Daten: INSP-GeotopeinNRW @ Geologischer Dienst NRW · data as of 2026