JUL to AUG Tue-Sun 9 1030 1230 14 15 16
SEP Tue-Sun 930 11 1230 14
Karst cave,
ice cave,
Middle Triassic limestones.
Správa Slovenských Jaskýn, Hodžova 11, 031 01 Liptovský Mikuláš, +421-849-5536411, Fax: +421-849-5536311. E-mail:
| Location: | Slovak Paradise National Park, National Nature Reserve Stratena. Spissko-gemersky kras, Slovensky raj, cadastral area Dobsina, district Roznava, Kosicky region. On the northern lope of the Duca mountain. |
| Open: |
15-MAY to JUN Tue-Sun 930 11 1230 14 JUL to AUG Tue-Sun 9 1030 1230 14 15 16 SEP Tue-Sun 930 11 1230 14 |
| Fee: | Adults 90,- SKK, Students 70,- SKK, Children (4-15) 40,- SKK, Foto 100,- SKK, Video 300,- SKK. Foreign language tour (additional): Adults 50,- SKK, Students 40,- SKK, Children (4-15) 20,- SKK. |
| Classification: |
Karst cave,
ice cave,
Middle Triassic limestones.
|
| Light: | electric. |
| Dimension: | L=1,232m, HD=110m. Developed paths: L=515m. A=840m a.s.l., T=0°C. |
| Guided tours: | L=475m, HD=48m, D=40min. |
| Bibliography: | |
| Address: |
Dobšinska l'adová jaskyna, 049 71 Dobsinska Ladova Jaskyna, Tel: +421-942-7881470.
Správa Slovenských Jaskýn, Hodžova 11, 031 01 Liptovský Mikuláš, +421-849-5536411, Fax: +421-849-5536311. E-mail: |
| Last update: | $Date: 2008/01/05 17:33:04 $ |
| 15-JUL-1870 | discoverd by the mining engineer Eugen Ruffiny. | |
| 1871 | opened to the public. | |
| 1887 | electric light installed. | |
| 29-NOV-2000 | enrolled into UNESCO's World Heritage List. |
The Dobsina Ice Cave is said to be the more impressive of the two
ice caves in Slovakia.
Sometimes cave descriptions tell, Dobsina was the first European cave with
electric light.
This is definitely not true.
The first cave with electric light in Europe and in the world was
Sloupsko-Šošùvské Jeskyně
which was electrified in 1881 with electric arc lamps.
Dobsina Ice Cave was the first show cave in Hungary (now Slovakia) to be
illuminated using electric light.
Many famous people have visited this cave including Prinz von Sachsen Gotha, Vicomte Ferdinand-Marie de Lesseps, who built the Suez Canal and Friedrich Nansen the great polar explorer.
The cave was formed inside Middle Triassic limestones by the Hnilec river. It has three levels. The entrance is on the northern slope of the Duca mountain (1141,7 m a.s.l.), 90m above the bottom of the valley.
Dobsina is an
ice cave,
which means it is a karst cave with ice content in some parts of the cave.
The largest layer of ice in the Big Hall is 26,5 m thick.
There is ice in the form of ground ice, ice waterfalls, ice stalagmites and
columns.
The total volume of ice is about 110,000 m³.
New wooden paths and steps have to be built at progressively higher levels
because of the rising ice levels.
The cave contains very old ice, and as the ice is built of many thin layers, it allows the reconstruction of the climate of former times, by analyzing the contents of the ice layers.
The cave is the most important hibernation place for Myotis mystacinus and Myotis brandti bats in Slovakia.
The Dobsina Ice Cave is not far from the mining town of Dobsina. From the car park at the side of the main Poprad - Roznava road there is a 15 minute hike up through the woods to the cave entrance which will warm up even the fittest visitor. The cave is of course freezing, so take some extra warm clothes.
Text with help by Tony Oldham.
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