Wiehler Tropfsteinhöhle
The dripstone cave in a limestone quarry was formed by the dissolution of Devonian limestones and has been accessible as a natural monument since 1927.
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Wiehler Tropfsteinhöhle
The dripstone cave in a limestone quarry was formed by the dissolution of Devonian limestones and has been accessible as a natural monument since 1927.
Wiehl
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The dripstone cave in a limestone quarry was formed by the dissolution of Devonian limestones and has been accessible as a natural monument since 1927.
Description
Morphology
The total length is 1600 m, the depth 30 m.
Speleothems
The cave contains dripstone formations, cascades and sinter curtains.
Other details
The dripstone cave in a limestone quarry was formed by the dissolution of Devonian limestones (a lens-shaped limestone intercalation in the clayey Mühlenberg beds). The cave has been open to the public as a natural monument since 1927.
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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 · Source: Wikidata – cave items (Germany) (www.wikidata.org), modified. CC0 1.0, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ Wikidata (CC0 1.0) · data as of 2026