Výpustek Cave is
show cave
A show cave—also called tourist cave, public cave, and, in the United States, commercial cave—is a cave which has been made accessible to the public for guided visits.
Definition
A show cave is a cave that has been made accessible to ...
in the central part of the
Moravian Karst Protected Landscape Area in
Czech Republic
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. It is located in the upper section of the Křtiny Valley, in the municipality of
Křtiny.
It forms two subterranean levels of the ancient ponor system of the Křtinský Brook. It is a significant
paleontological locality, one of the few European sites where complete skeletons of early Quaternary (
Pleistocene
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)
fauna
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can be found.
The total length of all the spaces known today is ca. 1,300 m with denivelation of 55 m. In the period of
speleological
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explorations in the 18th century it was considered the largest cave in
Moravia
Moravia ( , also , ; cs, Morava ; german: link=yes, Mähren ; pl, Morawy ; szl, Morawa; la, Moravia) is a historical region in the east of the Czech Republic and one of three historical Czech lands, with Bohemia and Czech Silesia.
The me ...
.
During the 20th century it was intensively used for exploitation of phosphate clay, as an army depot,
German army
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factory – airplane motors manufacturing, and secret command post of the
Czechoslovak People's Army; in spite of that some parts were preserved in the natural state. The cave has been open for tourist visits since 2008.
Public tours are 600 m long and take 75 minutes. Air temperature 7–8 °C (46 °F), relative humidity cca 95%.
Gallery
Vypustek20200701.jpg, Entrance building
Vypustek2013 04.jpg, Výpustek Cave
Vypustek2013 50.jpg, Výpustek Cave
Vypuste201911s.jpg, Výpustek Cave
Vypuste201911w.jpg, Výpustek Cave
References
External links
Výpustek Cave Official Website
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Blansko District
Geography of the South Moravian Region
Tourist attractions in the South Moravian Region
Show caves in the Czech Republic
Caves of the Czech Republic
Show caves