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Ponorhöhle am Breikerbach

A stream sink with a Ponorhöhle in the meadow, formed in Middle Devonian mass limestone, with 30 m of passage length and 8 m of height difference.

Hagen

A stream sink with a Ponorhöhle in the meadow, formed in Middle Devonian mass limestone, with 30 m of passage length and 8 m of height difference.

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

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  1. Ponorhöhle am Breikerbach

    51.346129, 7.538376
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Description

Morphology

The Ponorhöhle has a passage length of 30 m and a height difference of 8 m.

Hydrology

Northeast of the mine, in the meadow, lies a stream sink with a Ponorhöhle.

Other details

The Ponorhöhle formed in Middle Devonian mass limestone. It is 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