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Rahlenbecker Spechthöhle

A currently 40 m long karst cave system in the Honsel beds with a small stream, integrated sinkholes and shafts.

Ennepetal

A currently 40 m long karst cave system in the Honsel beds with a small stream, integrated sinkholes and shafts.

Characteristics

  • Type: Cave
  • Municipality: Ennepetal
  • 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.

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  1. Rahlenbecker Spechthöhle

    51.297358, 7.338434
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Description

Morphology

It is a currently 40 m long karst cave system in the Honsel beds with integrated sinkholes and shafts.

Hydrology

A small stream is present in the system.

Other details

A continuation of the system into the interior of the mountain is likely. The layering of the limestone is easy to observe; typical reef fossils occur.

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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