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Sporker Höhle

The Sporker Höhle is an approximately 18 m long passage with speleothem formations and sinter coatings, secured by a barred gate.

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Sporker Höhle

The Sporker Höhle is an approximately 18 m long passage with speleothem formations and sinter coatings, secured by a barred gate.

Lennestadt

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The Sporker Höhle is an approximately 18 m long passage with speleothem formations and sinter coatings, secured by a barred gate.

Characteristics

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

In the northeastern quarry on the road branching off the B 236 toward Hespecke, mass limestone of the "Dorp-Fazies" is exposed. The entrance to the Sporker Höhle is very easily accessible on the east wall.

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Entrances

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  1. Sporker Höhle

    51.151289, 8.008912
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Description

Morphology

The approximately 18 m long passage exhibits speleothem formations and sinter coatings.

Other details

Fossils are relatively rare; dolomitization occurs. Pleistocene vertebrate remains and Paleolithic artifacts were found. The cave is secured with a barred gate.

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