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<h1>The Austrian <em>Höhlenkataster</em></h1>
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<p>The Höhlenkataster is a national catalogue of all the documented caves
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in Austria. Within it, each known cave has a unique number. This number
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comprises two parts - the first part identifies the area in which the
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cave lies, and the second part is a number allocated to the particular
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cave, roughly in the order of discovery.</p>
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<p>The area numbers divide the country hierarchically, the four digits
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representing successively smaller areas delineated mainly by natural
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physical boundaries. CUCC work in area 1623, in which the "1000" (the
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Großeinheit) represents the Northern Limestone Alps, "1600" (the
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Hauptgruppe - major mountain group) represents the Totes Gebirge, a mountain
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area 100km east of Salzburg. The Totes Gebirge falls naturally into three
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massifs, and some smaller outlying blocks. "1620" (the Untergruppe or
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massif) is the western massif, and within that, "1623" (the Teilgruppe or
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part of the massif) is the Loser Augst-Eck plateau.</p>
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<p>The area numbers are shown on
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<a href="https://hoehle.org/downloads/Gebirgsgruppen.pdf">this online
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map</a> and we have own own
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<a href="/expofiles/documents/gebirgsgruppen.pdf">archived copy</a> (June 2020).
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<p>Due to our hard work over 40 years, 1623 has the highest density
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of explored caves (caves per square km) of any of the kataster areas.
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<p>A cave which CUCC are currently exploring is named
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"Steinbrückenhöhle", which has the number 1623/204. There are
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presently six entrances, and these are labelled 1623/204A, 204B, 204C, 204D,
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204E and 204F. On older discoveries, these numbers were typically painted on
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the entrance. This has become deprecated with the increase in area of the
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Nature Reserve (Naturschutzgebiet), and now a more permanent, but less
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obtrusive, stainless steel tag is bolted on. These numbers enable anyone coming
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across an entrance not only to see that it has been explored, but also to be
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able to identify it and look up a description or survey for any cave in
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Austria. Each area has one locally-based person responsible for allocating
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"official" numbers in the kataster; in CUCC's 1623 area this is the
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<a href="http://www.hoehle.at/">Verein für Höhlenkunde in Obersteier</a>.</p>
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<p>Cavers actually exploring caves in an area may use their own provisional
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names or numbers (many of which appear in these pages). CUCC use easily
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fabricated aluminium tags with our own internal number as a temporary
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measure during early exploration; our practices are documented in the <a
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href="handbook/look4.htm">Prospecting Handbook</a>. Once a cave has been
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accurately located and explored sufficiently to count as a significant find, a
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<a href="expofiles/documents/surveying/example_kataster_form.odg">form</a> is filled out and sent to
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the VfHO, who will allocate a final kataster number.</p>
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<p>If caves have been explored by groups not recognised by the local cavers,
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or caves have been inadequately documented and may be rediscoveries, then
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they may still be known only by old provisional numbers. In our area, there
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are a few insignificant caves found by CUCC which have numbers like "B8"
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(though we are currently documenting the ones we can actually find more fully
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to give them "proper" numbers). Further north, there are numbers like "LA23"
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or "BS17" explored by Lancaster University Speleological Society and the
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University of Bristol Spelaeological Society respectively.</p>
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<p>The Austrians periodically publish summary lists of caves for each area,
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and within these lists, each cave has a status code, such as "3/S/E +".
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The number represents the extent of the cave on a scale from 0-9, the
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letters denote the sort of cave it is, and the symbol at the end stands
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for the current state of exploration.</p>
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<p>The VOH maintains a <a href="https://hoehle.org/laengste-tiefste">current list of longest and deepest caves</a> in Austria and their <a href="https://hoehle.org/downloads/SD_10_Handbuch.pdf">Austrian
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Caving Handbook</a> is well-worth skimming through.
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This is the master document defining the caving areas and the Austrian cave classification system.
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<table class="trad">
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<tr><th>Length</th><th>Depth</th><th>code</th></tr>
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<tr><td>unknown</td><td>unknown</td><td>0</td></tr>
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<tr><td>5m but <50m</td><td>5m but <50m</td><td>1</td></tr>
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<tr><td>50m but <500m</td><td>50m but <100m</td><td>2</td></tr>
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<tr><td>500m but <5km</td><td>100m but <200m</td><td>3</td></tr>
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<tr><td>5km but <10km</td><td>200m but <500m</td><td>4</td></tr>
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<tr><td>10km but <25km</td><td>500m but <750m</td><td>5</td></tr>
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<tr><td>25km but <50km</td><td>750m but <1000m</td><td>6</td></tr>
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<tr><td>50km but <100km</td>
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<td>1000m but <1250m</td><td>7</td></tr>
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<tr><td>100km but <500km</td>
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<td>1250m but <1500m</td><td>8</td></tr>
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<tr><td>500km or over</td><td>1500m or over</td><td>9</td></tr>
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</table>
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<p>If length and depth give different codes, then the cave gets the greater
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of the two.</p>
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<li>T Trockenhöhlen (Dry caves)</li>
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<li>W Wasserhöhlen (Caves with water)</li>
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<li>(W) Zeitweilig aktiv Wasserhöhlen (Caves with seasonal water)</li>
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<li>E Eishöhlen (Caves with ice formations)</li>
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<li>S Schachthöhlen (Caves with pitches)</li>
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<li>H Halbhöhlen (Rock shelters ?)</li>
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</ul>
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<ul>
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<li>- unerforscht (unexplored)</li>
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<li>= befahren (visited)</li>
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<li>× teilweise vermessen (partly surveyed)</li>
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<li>+ erforscht (exploration considered complete)</li>
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</ul>
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<hr />
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<p>So, for instance, Kaninchenhöhle, 1623/161, gets the code
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"5/S/E ×", because it is 22 km long and just over 500m deep (both
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rate a "5"), is principally a vertical cave, but also has passages with ice,
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and been extensively explored, but there are still many leads to push.</p>
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<hr />
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<div style="font-size: 80%">
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<p>Some of our older cave descriptions (mostly for caves
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we have not explored and know little about) use an older system:</p>
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<li>0 length/depth unknown</li>
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<li>1 caves from 5 to 50m long (Kleinehöhlen) or deep (Schächte)</li>
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<li>2 caves from 50-500m long (Mittelhöhlen) or deep (Großschächte)</li>
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<li>3 caves from 500m to 5km long (Großhöhlen) or over 500m deep (Riesenschächte)</li>
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<li>4 caves from 5 to 50km long (Riesenhöhlen)</li>
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<li>5 caves over 50km long</li>
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<h2>Official description of area 1623</h2>
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<p>
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Altaussee - Augstbach - Blaa-Alm (894m) - Forststrasse bis Naglesteg
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(sudwestlich Naglbrundl) - Rettenbach aufwarts bis 860m Seehohe - Graben erst
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nordostlich, dann nordlich entlang der ostseitigen Felsen aufwarts zum
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Hauslboden - Schossboden (Kote 1171) - aus dessen Senke 1km in einem schwach
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ausgepragten Graben fast gerade nach Nordsten aufwarts zum Beginn der Latschenregion (etwa 1550m) - nun 500m Richtung Ostnordost zum Sudfuss des Schoeneck (Kote 1696), rund 150m sudlich der Gipfelkote in 1650m Seehohe - von dort zunachst rund 500m nach Ostnordost, dann 400m nach Osten (zuletzt am Sudrand der grossen Doline, Kote 1664) zur Schimarkierung, die etwa 100m westlich von Kote 1711
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verlauft - entlang dieser Schiroute 600m Richtung Nord bzw. Nordnordost bis run 1800m Seehohe - der nach Nordosten umbiegenden Schimarkierung weiter folgend, etwa 300m ostlich am Griesskogel (2006m) vorbei, zur Einsattelung (ca. 1920m) zwischen Rauchfang (1971m) und Hohem Augsteck (1961m) - Schimarkierung Richtung Ostsudost 2.5km zur Wildenseehutte (1525m) - markierter Steig sudwestlich uber Augstwiesen, Hochklapfsattel, Oberwasseralm und Stummernalm zum Altausseer See - Altaussee.
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</p>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="gall0.htm">Index of cave photo gallery</a></li>
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<li><a href="gallery/0.htm">Cave photo gallery(with thumbnails)</a></li>
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<li><a href="guidebook/via201.htm">Stellerweg</a> area;</li>
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<li><a href=" guidebook/br-alm.html">Bräuning Alm</a> description
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<li><a href=" guidebook/walkin.htm">Walk-in</a></li>
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<li><a href=" guidebook/plateau.html">Plateau</a> description</li>
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<li><a href=" guidebook/areas.htm">Area descriptions</a></li>
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<li><a href=" guidebook/kratzer.html">Kratzer</a>.</li>
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<li>Table of <a href="../folk/index.htm"><b>members</b> of CUCC expeditions</a> 1976-present</li>
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</ul>
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<hr />
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<li><b>Pictures:</b>
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<ul>
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</ul></li>
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