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Hollenloch

Hollenloch

Brilon 2700m 92m

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Hollenloch

Brilon

Length: 2700 m · Depth: 92 m

Updated record

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Cave in Brilon (Hochsauerlandkreis). Length 2,700 m. Depth 92 m. No. 11 by depth among the caves in Germany in the EspeleoWorld catalogue. No. 23 by length among the caves in Germany in the EspeleoWorld catalogue.

Characteristics

  • Type: Cave
  • Municipality: Brilon
  • Length: 2700 meters
  • Depth: 92 meters
  • Record updated:

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

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Entrances

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  1. Hollenloch

    51.409909, 8.670611
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Description

Westlich von Roesenbeck befindet sich eine markante Bachschwinde im Massenkalk. Oberhalb davon erstrecken sich mehrere Massenkalkklippen, in denen die Karsthoehle Hollenloch liegt. Diese besitzt eine Gesamtlaenge von 2700m. Der Eingang ist zugemauert und mit einer Tuere verschlossen, Fledermaeuse koennen einfliegen. Bachschwinde und Hollenloch liegen im "NSG Hollenloch-Ziegentempel".

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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 Grottocenter (Wikicaves), grottocenter.org, made available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0, https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/), modified. · depth, length · obtained 2026-11-13 · https://grottocenter.org/ui/entrances/23713 · 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 · Location data: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0, https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/. · https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/13319048157 · The derived data is available on request under the ODbL: [email protected]