Dienstedter Höhle

[peter febb]

Has anyone been to Dienstedter Höhle?

-pf

[Phil Winkler]

Where is it? Sounds like Germany or Switzerland.

[peter febb]

It's in Germany:

Am steilen Südhang des Schenkhopfenberges, ca. 1 km von Dienstedt in nordöstlicher Richtung entfernt, etwa 340 m ü. NN und 23 m über dem Ilmspiegel, befinden sich die Dienstedter Karsthöhlen. Sie entstanden durch Auswaschungen der Ur-Ilm vor 2-5 Millionen Jahren. Der Dienstedter Heimatforscher und Bodendenkmalpfleger Felix Gebser (1907-1988) entdeckte nach mehreren erfolglosen Grabungen Mitte der fünfziger Jahre eine Höhle am Oberfeld.
Google translation:
On the steep southern slopes of the mountain hop Schenk, about 1 km from Dienstedt away to the northeast, about 340 m above sea level. NN and 23 m above the Ilmspiegel, are the Dienstedt karst caves. They were formed by leaching of the Ur-Ilm 2-5 million years ago. The soil conservationist and local historian Dienstedt Felix Gebser (1907-1988) discovered after several unsuccessful excavations in the mid fifties a cave on the upper field.

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http://translate.google.com/translate?prev=/language_tools&u=http://www.thueringenmap.de/hoehlen-bergwerke/karsthoehle-dienstedt-ilmtal.html

[Phil Winkler]

Peter, it is easy to find info on that cave via google. Having been caving in Germany from 1975 to 1978 I was curious why I hadn't heard of that cave before. Now I know why. Dienstedt is located in the former East Germany. That area near Thuringen is well known as a caving area and I think there are numerous commercial caves there.

What is your interest in it? There are a couple of German cavers who frequent this forum, too.

[peter febb]

One web site mentions "fossilized dinosaur jaw" -- most interesting!

[Juergen]

Peter, I don't know the Dienstedter Höhle - mainly because I'm living in Southwest Germany and Thüringen is at least a 5-6 hours drive away. But I could post some specific questions you might have in the German Caving Forum and translate the replies. I know that there are several cavers from Thüringen in that forum.

Best regards,

Jürgen

[peter febb]

I've been looking for the Dresden web site. It seems to have changed servers.

[Juergen]

Here are some websites with information about the Dienstedter Höhle:

in English - look for "Karsthöhle Dienstedt":
https://www.showcaves.com/english/de/index.html

in German from the local community:
http://www.gemeinde-ilmtal.de/karsthoe.htm

Regards, Jürgen

[peter febb]

Thank you, Juergen.
I found some good links on the second site.
--pf