Eckert C, Kempf T, Eckert S, López Correa M (2021)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2021
Book Volume: 67
Pages Range: 31-41
Journal Issue: 2
The spring of the river Brenz in Königsbronn on the eastern Swabian Alb in Southern Germany presents with a medium discharge of 1336 l/s one of the strongest karstic springs of the Swabian Alb. Just like behind the Aachtopf and Blautopf with their extensive cave systems, a similar underwater cave has long been suspected behind the Brenztopf and was the key target of Germany’s first speleological society, the „Swabian Speleological Society“. Founded in 1889, they built an artificial tunnel to reach the underground lake feeding the Brenz source, but failed. Some 130 years later in 2018, cave divers of the HFGOK could find below a labile entrance an extensive underwater tunnel, with some 300 m explored so far and reaching down to almost 40 m depth below the spring lake. This remarkable cave „Brenzhöhle (7226/63)“is described, along with a first cave map and information on the geological background and karst hydrology.
APA:
Eckert, C., Kempf, T., Eckert, S., & López Correa, M. (2021). The Brenzhöhle (Brenz cave) in Königsbronn on the eastern Swabian Alb Die Brenzhöhle in Königsbronn auf der östlichen Schwäbischen Alb. Mitteilungen des Verbandes der Deutschen Höhlen- und Karstforscher, 67(2), 31-41.
MLA:
Eckert, Christian, et al. "The Brenzhöhle (Brenz cave) in Königsbronn on the eastern Swabian Alb Die Brenzhöhle in Königsbronn auf der östlichen Schwäbischen Alb." Mitteilungen des Verbandes der Deutschen Höhlen- und Karstforscher 67.2 (2021): 31-41.
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