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Frauenloch

The Frauenloch natural cave is a 41 m long cave with an 8.5 m elevation difference in the Middle Devonian Hobraeck beds.

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The Frauenloch natural cave is a 41 m long cave with an 8.5 m elevation difference in the Middle Devonian Hobraeck beds.

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

Northwest of Walbach lies the Frauenloch natural cave within the Middle Devonian Hobraeck beds.

Map

Approximate position

Entrances

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  1. Frauenloch

    50.998788, 7.453619
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Description

Morphology

It has a passage length of 41 m and an elevation difference of 8.5 m.

Other details

In the surroundings of the cave there are natural rock formations, dolines and mining pits. It was 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