Kakushöhle
The Kakushöhle is the larger of two caves in the Kakusfelsen (Kartstein) near Dreimühlen and one of the largest open caves in the Eifel.
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Kakushöhle
The Kakushöhle is the larger of two caves in the Kakusfelsen (Kartstein) near Dreimühlen and one of the largest open caves in the Eifel.
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The Kakushöhle is the larger of two caves in the Kakusfelsen (Kartstein) near Dreimühlen and one of the largest open caves in the Eifel.
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Description
Morphology
The Kakushöhle is the larger of two caves in the Kakusfelsen (Kartstein). It is one of the largest open caves in the Eifel. A second small cave is located north of the large cave.
Other details
The Kakushöhle is part of the 5.8 ha Kartsteinhöhlen mit Kakushöhle nature reserve designated in 1932. Above the cave there is a plateau that was bounded in the west by a section rampart, which made the plateau into a refuge fort.
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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 · 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 · Source: German Wikipedia – article leads (cave descriptions) (de.wikipedia.org), modified. CC BY-SA 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Wikipedia contributors (de.wikipedia.org), CC BY-SA 4.0 · Text by Wikipedia contributors (Kakushöhle) · adapted by Espeleoworld (normalized, translated); the adaptation is licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ · description · obtained 2026-11-13 · https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakush%C3%B6hle · data as of 2026