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Fledermaushöhle

The Fledermaushöhle is a hard-to-access cavity only 1.5 x 1.5 m in size in the rock ribs of the "Varusfelsen" geotope.

Tecklenburg

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Fledermaushöhle

The Fledermaushöhle is a hard-to-access cavity only 1.5 x 1.5 m in size in the rock ribs of the "Varusfelsen" geotope.

Tecklenburg

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The Fledermaushöhle is a hard-to-access cavity only 1.5 x 1.5 m in size in the rock ribs of the "Varusfelsen" geotope.

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

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Entrances

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  1. Fledermaushöhle

    52.224963, 7.773915
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Description

Morphology

The Dörenthe sandstone (Osning sandstone, Lower Albian, Lower Cretaceous) geotope "Varusfelsen" and "Fledermaushöhle", protected as a natural monument, consists of rock ribs naturally formed by weathering, 20 m wide and up to 40 m long. The medium-grained, massive to thickly bedded sandstone shows partial cross-bedding and conglomerate layers. The bedding dips at 176/62 degrees toward the south. Occasionally ripple marks can be observed on the bedding surfaces. Characteristic are idiomorphic quartz grains, which on weathered surfaces produce a rough surface as small angular grains. The Fledermaushöhle is hard to access and appears to be only 1.5 x 1.5 m in size.

Other details

The rock group is well accessible via hiking trails.

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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 · Location data: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0, https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/. · https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/322561029 · The derived data is available on request under the ODbL: [email protected]