Heinrich-Bernhard-Höhle
The Heinrich-Bernhard-Höhle is a non-tourist mid-sized cave in the Oestertal near Plettenberg-Lettmecke in the Sauerland.
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Heinrich-Bernhard-Höhle
The Heinrich-Bernhard-Höhle is a non-tourist mid-sized cave in the Oestertal near Plettenberg-Lettmecke in the Sauerland.
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The Heinrich-Bernhard-Höhle is a non-tourist mid-sized cave in the Oestertal near Plettenberg-Lettmecke in the Sauerland.
Description
Morphology
The total passage length of the cave is 192 meters. The height of individual cavities ranges between 1.1 and 9 meters. The cave runs over three levels. The lowest point is 21 meters below the entrance level. The cave entrance is located 20 meters above the valley floor, has a width of about 1 meter and a height of 1.8 meters.
Speleothems
In a hall reached after the entrance area, which is partly winding and narrow, there are dripstone formations, larger stalactites and individual stalagmites.
Hydrology
In the lower cave area, groundwater comes to the surface.
Other details
The cave is designated as a ground monument, nature reserve (NSG) and FFH area with an area of 0.04 ha. It is located in a Lower Middle Devonian coral limestone.
Bio
The cave is the habitat of the cave amphipod Niphargus fontanus.
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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 · Contains information from © OpenStreetMap contributors, www.openstreetmap.org, made available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0, https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/), modified. · names · obtained 2026-11-13 · https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/4329840379 · data as of 2026 · Source: Wikidata – cave items (Germany) (www.wikidata.org), modified. CC0 1.0, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ Wikidata (CC0 1.0) · names · obtained 2026-11-13 · data as of 2026 · Source: German Wikipedia – article leads (cave descriptions) (de.wikipedia.org), modified. CC BY-SA 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Wikipedia contributors (de.wikipedia.org), CC BY-SA 4.0 · Text by Wikipedia contributors (Heinrich-Bernhard-Höhle) · adapted by Espeleoworld (normalized, translated); the adaptation is licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ · description · obtained 2026-11-13 · https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich-Bernhard-H%C3%B6hle · data as of 2026 · Location data: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0, https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/. · https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/4329840379 · The derived data is available on request under the ODbL: [email protected]