Uferhöhlen

Two Uferhöhlen (bank caves) between the B54 and the Volme, situated just above the mean water level of the Volme.

Hagen

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Uferhöhlen

Two Uferhöhlen (bank caves) between the B54 and the Volme, situated just above the mean water level of the Volme.

Hagen

Updated record

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Two Uferhöhlen (bank caves) between the B54 and the Volme, situated just above the mean water level of the Volme.

Characteristics

Type: Cave
Municipality: Hagen
Record updated: November 13, 2026

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 Uferhöhlen (bank caves) lie between the B54 and the Volme within the Middle Devonian Honsel Beds. Their position is just above the mean water level of the Volme.

Approximate position

Entrances

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Uferhöhlen
51.347958, 7.496881
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Description

Morphology

There are 2 caves in total: Volmeuferhöhle 1, passage length 13 m, height difference 1 m; Volmeuferhöhle 2, passage length 6 m, height difference 1 m.

Other details

The caves are 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