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Reckenhöhle

Reckenhöhle

The Reckenhöhle is a dripstone cave in Binolen with about 2.5 kilometers of known passages, of which 300 meters are accessible as a show cave.

Balve 2500m

The Reckenhöhle is a dripstone cave in Binolen with about 2.5 kilometers of known passages, of which 300 meters are accessible as a show cave.

Characteristics

  • Type: Cave
  • Municipality: Balve
  • Length: 2500 meters
  • Record updated:

Caves are protected biotopes (§30 BNatSchG).

Location

The Reckenhöhle is located in the Balve district of Binolen in the Hönnetal, in a Devonian mass limestone depression that extends from Hagen to Balve.

Map

Entrances

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  1. Reckenhöhle

    51.370278, 7.863611
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Photos

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Description

Morphology

The Reckenhöhle has about 2.5 kilometers of known cave passages. 300 meters of the cave are accessible to visitors and developed as a show cave.

Speleothems

The Reckenhöhle is a dripstone cave.

Other details

Further show caves are found in Iserlohn (Dechenhöhle) and Hemer (Heinrichshöhle).

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