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| Location: | 40km NW Ulm. From Ulm 39km on the B28, then 7km B465 to turnoff Schopfloch. From A8 exit Kirchheim/Teck ~15km B465 to turnoff Schopfloch. Through Schopfloch, at the city limits turn left to Krebsstein. Parking at the road Schopfloch-Krebsstein, 15 min walk to the caves. (74,Kd57) |
| Open: | closed [2007] |
| Fee: | closed [2007] |
| Classification: |
 Karst cave,
horizontal cave, Malm
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| Light: | electric |
| Dimension: | L=55m, A=680m asl |
| Guided tours: | L=55m, D=15min. |
| Photography: | |
| Accessibility: | |
| Bibliography: |
Wilfried Rosendahl, Matthias Lopez Correa, Christoph Gruner, Gerd Polikeit (1999):
Die Gutenberger Höhlen,
Grabenstetter höhlenkundliche Hefte, Nr. 2, ARGE HuK Grabenstetten, Grabenstetten. |
| Address: | Ortschaftsverwaltung Gutenberg, Hauptstraße 14, 73252 Lenningen-Gutenberg, Tel: +49-7026-7822 (Mon 15-17, Tue, Thu, Fri 8:30-11:30). |
| Last update: | $Date: 2011/12/13 08:49:02 $ |
| 1890 | discovered by Karl Gußmann. | |
| 1890 and 1891 | excavations by Karl Gußmann. | |
| MAY-1891 | opened to the public | |
| 1891 | first electric lighting was stopped after a few weeks because of technical problems. | |
| 1922 | electric light. |
This cave was named after Karl Gußmann, a founding member and the first chairman of the Schwäbischer Höhlenverein (Swabian Cave Club). He was the priest of the nearby village Gutenberg and one of the first cave explorers on the Swabian Alb. But his interests were mainly archaeology and palaeontology.
During excavations in the nearby
Gutenberger Höhle
he discovered this new cave about 200m away.
In the same year and the following year he made excavations in this cave and
found mammoth teeth.
The cave has little speleothems, but prior to the development it had some spots with nice calcite crystals. This minerals are now in the Heimatmuseum in Kirchheim unter Teck today.
The cave was restored some years ago with refurbished electric light. Unfortunately on the cliff above seem to be some loose rocks, and so the cave is closed at the moment because of the danger of rockfall. As the cliff is not unstable it might be reopened as soon as someone fixes the loose rocks. The cave is managed by the village, and it seems they do not have the money to pay workers.
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