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Wallefelder Hülloch

The Wallefelder Hülloch south of Wallefeld is a 150 m long natural cave in reef limestone with a large entrance and a spacious hall.

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The Wallefelder Hülloch south of Wallefeld is a 150 m long natural cave in reef limestone with a large entrance and a spacious hall.

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

The Wallefelder Hülloch lies south of the village of Wallefeld.

Map

Entrances

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  1. Wallefelder Hülloch

    51.007783, 7.466810
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Description

Morphology

The cave lies within the reef limestone of the Hobraeck-Schichten (Middle Devonian). The cave's passage length is 150 m, and the height difference is 11 m. It has a large entrance and a spacious hall.

Speleothems

Within the cave there are mineralizations (aragonite remains).

Other details

At the surface in the area around the cave there are sinkholes or pings. The natural cave was closed by the AKKH and is in its possession.

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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/1409037144 · The derived data is available on request under the ODbL: [email protected]