Heilenbecker Höhle
The Heilenbecker Höhle is a large cave with a branched passage system that runs partly in slate.
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Heilenbecker Höhle
The Heilenbecker Höhle is a large cave with a branched passage system that runs partly in slate.
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The Heilenbecker Höhle is a large cave with a branched passage system that runs partly in slate.
Description
Morphology
It is a large cave with a length of approx. 3970 m. The cave has a branched passage system and runs partly in slate (formation boundary). It lies in the Upper Honsel Beds (Middle Devonian). In the cave, joint fissures are visible as well as a glacial overprinting of the contents.
Speleothems
In the cave, stalactites, cryogenic formations, calcite, aragonite, iron bloom, gypsum and excentriques are visible.
Hydrology
In the cave, lakes are visible.
Other details
In the cave, fossils are visible. Along the road, a continuous profile from the red slate at the base to the reef limestone is visible.
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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