Höhlen und Ponore im Meinebachtal
In the mass limestone of the Meinebach valley lie several caves, including the 667 m long Himmelfahrtsponorhöhle, up to 40 m deep, and the Erdmaennekeskuhle, an 18 m deep natural shaft 75 m long.
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Höhlen und Ponore im Meinebachtal
In the mass limestone of the Meinebach valley lie several caves, including the 667 m long Himmelfahrtsponorhöhle, up to 40 m deep, and the Erdmaennekeskuhle, an 18 m deep natural shaft 75 m long.
Wuppertal
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In the mass limestone of the Meinebach valley lie several caves, including the 667 m long Himmelfahrtsponorhöhle, up to 40 m deep, and the Erdmaennekeskuhle, an 18 m deep natural shaft 75 m long.
Description
Morphology
The Erdmaennekeskuhle is an 18 m deep natural shaft 75 m long. The Himmelfahrtsponorhöhle is a 667 m long large cave that is up to 40 m deep and three-dimensionally interlocked; within it occur pits up to 30 m high, halls, fissures, corrosion forms, etc. The Meinebachponorhöhle is a 31 m long fissure-bound Ponorhöhle that is up to 8 m deep.
Speleothems
The Erdmaennekeskuhle is a dripstone cave. The Meinebachponorhöhle is lightly sintered.
Hydrology
The Meine is laid in bed shells, yet regular collapses still occur.
Other details
The following caves are known in the geotope: Erdmaennekeskuhle, Himmelfahrtsponorhöhle and Meinebachponorhöhle. All caves have been sealed and are maintained by the AKKH.
History
In the Erdmaennekeskuhle, human and wolf bones from the 12th century were found.
Bio
The limestones bear fossils. A special feature is excellently prepared gastropods (e.g. Murchisonia).
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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/11255308854 · 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) · data as of 2026 · The derived data is available on request under the ODbL: [email protected]