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Beautiful facility to linger

The Haze Cave is unique in Germany. It is located on the site of a former quarry where red sandstone was extracted in the 17th century. Quarry workers noticed a "haze" at a certain depth that caused people to faint. Dead birds were repeatedly found in the pit. Well doctor Dr. Johann Philipp Seip came to Pyrmont in 1712 and investigated the phenomenon. He suspected it was sulfur vapor. Carbon dioxide (CO2) was only discovered a few years later as atmospheric acid. The metal half-shells symbolize the numerous springs in Bad Pyrmont.

The quarry is very impressive. It is part of the cave tour.

You should visit. A nice experience.

Here you can take part in a nice and interesting guided tour for 8 euros. The place is open on weekends from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. You can also watch a short film afterwards.

super nice people, if you ask, you can even load your bike. Delicious food at fair prices. Only to recommend

The haze cave is on the site of a former quarry where red sandstone was quarried in the 17th century. Quarry workers noticed a "haze" at a certain depth that caused people to faint. Again and again dead birds and animals were found in the pit. When the well-known well doctor Dr. Johann Philipp Seip came to Pyrmont in 1712 and got to the bottom of the apparitions. He assumed it was sulfur vapor. Carbon dioxide (CO2) was only discovered as atmospheric acid a few years later. In self-experiments, through "repeated sweating and drawing in the sulphurous fumes", Seip found out that this does not contain any toxic substances. With the permission of Prince Friedrich Anton Ulrich zu Waldeck von Pyrmont, he had a stone vault built over the steaming pit in 1720. Above it is a small building, about "6 shoes square and 10 shoes high", to prepare a dry bath for spa guests. However, the dry weld pool could not be used continuously because of the non-constant level of carbon dioxide. Seip, on the other hand, found that people of all walks of life "vaunt good recovery and help against swelling of the feet, gout pains and stiffness of the limbs". Source: https://www.staatsbad-pyrmont.de/bad-pyrmont-erleben/naturphaenomen-dunsthoehle

Coral oolite (limestone from the Upper Jura) has been mined in the Süntel for decades. In 1992, explosives expert Hartmut Brepohl discovered a cave in a quarry near Langenfeld. It was named after the sinter chronologist Bodo Schillat, who discovered a stalactite cave in the Riesenberg near the same quarry in 1969.