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Hüttenberghöhle

The Huettenberghoehle is a 7 m long cave, partly artificially enlarged, with a 2.5 m height difference, which is not accessible because it is built over.

Hagen

The Huettenberghoehle is a 7 m long cave, partly artificially enlarged, with a 2.5 m height difference, which is not accessible because it is built over.

Characteristics

  • Type: Cave
  • Municipality: Hagen
  • 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

The Huettenberghoehle is located in Hagen-Eilpe east of Kraehnockenstrasse in a dense forest area and is not accessible because it is built over.

Map

Entrances

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  1. Hüttenberghöhle

    51.342504, 7.485107
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Description

Morphology

It is also called Zeitungsloch, is 7 m long, has a height difference of 2.5 m and is partly artificially enlarged.

Other details

Geologically it lies in a reef limestone lens of the Upper Honsel Beds (Givetian stage).

Bio

In the adjacent claystones there is a rich brachiopod fauna.

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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 · Location data: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0, https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/. · https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/3220733156 · The derived data is available on request under the ODbL: [email protected]