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Preuß-Höhle

The Preuß-Hoehle lies in an approximately 70 m long rock face of mass limestone west of the B229 and is around 150 m long.

Balve

The Preuß-Hoehle lies in an approximately 70 m long rock face of mass limestone west of the B229 and is around 150 m long.

Characteristics

  • Type: Cave
  • Municipality: Balve
  • 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 Preuß-Hoehle lies in an approximately 70 m long rock face of mass limestone, west of the B229.

Map

Entrances

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  1. Preuß-Höhle

    51.349729, 7.876486
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Description

Morphology

The length of the cave is approximately 150 m.

Other details

The entrance to the cave was formerly walled up and was open in August 2013.

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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) · data as of 2026 · Location data: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0, https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/. · https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/589066604 · The derived data is available on request under the ODbL: [email protected]