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Veledahöhle

Veledahöhle

South of Velmede, in an elongated cliff belt of Middle Devonian Sparganophyllum limestone, lies the entrance to the Veleda Höhle.

Bestwig 243m

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Veledahöhle

South of Velmede, in an elongated cliff belt of Middle Devonian Sparganophyllum limestone, lies the entrance to the Veleda Höhle.

Bestwig

Length: 243 m

Updated record

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South of Velmede, in an elongated cliff belt of Middle Devonian Sparganophyllum limestone, lies the entrance to the Veleda Höhle.

Characteristics

  • Type: Cave
  • Municipality: Bestwig
  • Length: 243 meters
  • 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

South of Velmede, an elongated cliff belt of Middle Devonian Sparganophyllum limestone is exposed. Within the rocks is also the entrance to the Veleda Höhle.

Map

Entrances

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  1. Veledahöhle

    51.348562, 8.379083
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Photos

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© DonGatley · CC BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ · Wikimedia Commons · https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Veleda-H%C3%B6hle_westlicher_Eingang.JPG

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Description

Other details

In the western part of the cliff belt, the limestones were formerly quarried, but the excavation has been backfilled. At the westernmost point, next to the road, there was formerly a lime kiln, parts of which are still preserved today.

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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 · Contains information from Grottocenter (Wikicaves), grottocenter.org, made available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0, https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/), modified. · length · obtained 2026-11-13 · https://grottocenter.org/ui/entrances/23707 · data as of 2026 · Location data: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0, https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/. · https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/418797628 · The derived data is available on request under the ODbL: [email protected]