Volmehanghöhle
The Volmehanghöhle cave system, comprising Volmehanghöhle, Martinsloch and Volmetalhöhle, lies behind and beneath the Hagen Stadthalle in a former mass limestone quarry; the Volmehanghöhle is sealed.
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Volmehanghöhle
The Volmehanghöhle cave system, comprising Volmehanghöhle, Martinsloch and Volmetalhöhle, lies behind and beneath the Hagen Stadthalle in a former mass limestone quarry; the Volmehanghöhle is sealed.
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The Volmehanghöhle cave system, comprising Volmehanghöhle, Martinsloch and Volmetalhöhle, lies behind and beneath the Hagen Stadthalle in a former mass limestone quarry; the Volmehanghöhle is sealed.
Description
Morphology
A former mass limestone quarry is now the site of the Stadthalle with parking areas, underground garage and Mercure Hotel. In places, bedrock and large boulders are integrated into the buildings and the outdoor grounds. The limestones are reef limestones of the Middle Devonian Givetian period, also known as mass limestones.
Other details
The Volmehanghöhle cave system consists of Volmehanghöhle, Martinsloch and Volmetalhöhle, which lie behind and beneath the Hagen Stadthalle. The Volmehanghöhle is sealed.
Bio
The rocks frequently contain fossils typical of reef limestone, such as corals, stromatoporoids (including Amphipora) and brachiopods (mostly Stringocephalen).
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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 · Location data: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0, https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/. · https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/364045800 · The derived data is available on request under the ODbL: [email protected]