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Mannenberghöhlen

Mannenberghöhlen

The Mannenberghöhlen are four karst caves in dolomite rock near Nettersheim in the Urft valley, three of which are among the largest caves in the North Rhine-Westphalian part of the Eifel.

Nettersheim

The Mannenberghöhlen are four karst caves in dolomite rock near Nettersheim in the Urft valley, three of which are among the largest caves in the North Rhine-Westphalian part of the Eifel.

Characteristics

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 Mannenberghöhlen are located near Nettersheim in the Urft valley on a steep wooded slope north of the village.

Map

Approximate position

Entrances

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  1. Mannenberghöhlen

    50.498987, 6.626929
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Photos

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Description

Morphology

The Mannenberghöhlen are four karst caves in dolomite rock. One of the caves is known as the Mannenbergstollen. The three larger ones are among the largest caves in the North Rhine-Westphalian part of the Eifel.

Other details

The caves are situated in a mixed oak-beech forest.

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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 (Mannenberghöhlen) · 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/Mannenbergh%C3%B6hlen · data as of 2026