Höhlen am Südwesthang des Kittenberges
The caves on the Kittenberg near Canstein formed through the softening of dolomitized Werra marginal carbonate of the Zechstein, presumably by hydrothermal solutions along faults.
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Höhlen am Südwesthang des Kittenberges
The caves on the Kittenberg near Canstein formed through the softening of dolomitized Werra marginal carbonate of the Zechstein, presumably by hydrothermal solutions along faults.
Marsberg
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The caves on the Kittenberg near Canstein formed through the softening of dolomitized Werra marginal carbonate of the Zechstein, presumably by hydrothermal solutions along faults.
Description
Morphology
The caves on the Kittenberg near Canstein formed through partial softening of dolomitized Werra marginal carbonate of the Zechstein. The grain fabric was completely destroyed in the process, so that the rocks disintegrated into "dolomite sand/ash".
Hydrology
The softening was presumably caused by hydrothermal solutions that migrated along faults.
Other details
In earlier times the rocks were used locally as scouring sand. The caves lie in the "NSG Kittenberg".
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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