Wildenkuhle

By August 2016, members of the Arbeitskreis Kluterthöhle had already explored 250 meters of the labyrinthinely extended Wildenkuhle and surveyed 200 meters of cave passages.

So that the Wildenkuhle remains accessible and can be further researched, an access shaft was created, which was sealed with a concrete plug.

In the cave, which is heavily sintered, there are stalactites, layered calcareous sinter and glass-clear sinter that covers entire areas.

In the southern part of the cave, button-shaped sinter formations were discovered on the walls.

The cave researchers Stefan Voigt, Andreas Kolarik and other cave researchers from the Arbeitskreis Kluterthöhle e. V. were already able to advance a stretch into the cave in April 2016.

The cave is located in Meinerzhagener Korallenkalk of the Upper Cultrijugatus beds in the Rhenish Massif on the right bank of the Rhine.

The Wildenkuhle was the subject of a research project as part of a bachelor's thesis on the climate in the cave. This was supervised by the geographer Michael Killing-Heinze from the University of Bochum, who is also the owner of the cave. The temperature in the cave is 8 to 8.5 degrees Celsius with extreme humidity.