Holthauser Bachhöhlen
The Holthauser Bachhöhle on the southeastern edge of Holthausen is a dense network of passages with a total length of 625 m in Middle Devonian massive limestone.
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Holthauser Bachhöhlen
The Holthauser Bachhöhle on the southeastern edge of Holthausen is a dense network of passages with a total length of 625 m in Middle Devonian massive limestone.
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The Holthauser Bachhöhle on the southeastern edge of Holthausen is a dense network of passages with a total length of 625 m in Middle Devonian massive limestone.
Description
Morphology
It has a total length of 625 m and lies in Middle Devonian massive limestone. It consists of a dense network of passages that extends over several levels. It features several halls richly decorated with speleothems and narrow fissure passages up to 22 m high.
Speleothems
It features several halls richly decorated with speleothems.
Other details
In the entrance area, numerous fossils can be seen, especially corals and stromatoporoids. The cave is protected as a natural monument. The geotope area includes 2 further caves: the Geburtstagshöhle with a passage length of 328 m and an elevation difference of 23 m, as well as the Fingersschacht with GGL 27 m and HD 16 m. All caves are looked after by the AKKH.
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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