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Finkinghöhle

The Finking Hoehle is an approximately 7 m long collapse fissure in the sandstone at the upper edge of the rock cliffs of a steep bank of the Volme.

Hagen

The Finking Hoehle is an approximately 7 m long collapse fissure in the sandstone at the upper edge of the rock cliffs of a steep bank of the Volme.

Characteristics

  • Type: Cave
  • Municipality: Hagen
  • Record updated:

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

Between Anbrock and Dahl, the Lower Brandenberg Beds are exposed in several rock bastions in a steep bank of the Volme. At the upper edge of the rock cliffs is the Finking Hoehle.

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Approximate position

Entrances

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  1. Finkinghöhle

    51.315868, 7.525783
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Description

Morphology

The Finking Hoehle is a collapse fissure in non-karstifiable rock that is approximately 7 m long.

Other details

The Finking Hoehle lies in the sandstone at the upper edge of the rock cliffs.

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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