Obersteeger Zwergenhöhle
Obersteeger Zwergenhoehle is a medium-sized cave in reef limestones of the Hobraeck beds, with 116 m of passage length and 10 m of elevation difference.
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Obersteeger Zwergenhöhle
Obersteeger Zwergenhoehle is a medium-sized cave in reef limestones of the Hobraeck beds, with 116 m of passage length and 10 m of elevation difference.
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Obersteeger Zwergenhoehle is a medium-sized cave in reef limestones of the Hobraeck beds, with 116 m of passage length and 10 m of elevation difference.
Description
Morphology
Obersteeger Zwergenhoehle is a medium-sized cave in reef limestones of the Hobraeck beds (basal limestone). Its passage length is 116 m, and the elevation difference is 10 m. The thickness of the basal limestone here is only 3-4 m.
Other details
The Hobraeck beds are composed of clay, marl and sandstones. They crop out in the area of the cave entrance and north of it in an old small quarry. There they are approximately steeply inclined and show sedimentary structures.
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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