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Gimborner Höhle und Salamanderhöhle

The Gimborner Höhle is a locked cave in the limestone of the Hobräck beds, with a total length of 131 m and a height difference of 6 m.

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The Gimborner Höhle is a locked cave in the limestone of the Hobräck beds, with a total length of 131 m and a height difference of 6 m.

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

The Gimborner Höhle is located northeast of Gimborn in limestones of the Hobräck beds.

Map

Approximate position

Entrances

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  1. Gimborner Höhle und Salamanderhöhle

    51.061910, 7.483726
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Description

Morphology

The Gimborner Höhle has a total length of 131 m and a height difference of 6 m.

The Salamander Höhle belongs to the same limestone belt and lies even further northeast. It has a total length of only 6 m and a height difference of only 1 m.

Hydrology

The Gimborner Höhle includes a karst spring emerging at the Gimmerbach.

Other details

The Gimborner Höhle is locked, the Salamander Höhle is open. Both are looked after by the Arbeitskreis Kluterthöhle (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