General Characteristics

County (administration): South Moravia Region
District (town): Blansko
Cadastre: Vilémovice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2423, 24233
Geological region: Drahany and Mírov Culm; Moravian and Mladeč karst
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID : 1278

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: System of caves connected by a subterranean karst stream. Beautifully decorated caves and galleries, accessible for tourists. Very instructive karst development.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moravosilesian region - Moravosilesian Palaeozoicum
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - devon
Subject: geology, geomorphology, quaternary geology, lithology, paleontology, sedimentology, stratigraphy, structural geology, zoology
Geological phenomenon: karst, karst cave, lake, incrustation, ripple marks, mudcracks, stony organ
Genesis: anthropogenic (anthropogenic activity), aquatic (water activity), gravitational, hydrothermal mineralization, sedimentary
Rock: limestone

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: National nature reserve in Protected landscape area
Additional information: See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: A - Protected Area (declared as Geological Locality)
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Moravský kras
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts, tourism

References

Hromas J. (ed) a kol (2009): Jeskyně. In Mackovič P. a Sedláček M (eds.): Chráněná území ČR, svazek XIV. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajinyČR a Ekocentrum Brno, Praha, 608 pp.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Dašková Jiřina, 29.11.01
Updated by: Otava Jiří 14.11.08, Baldík Vít 10.05.17, Baldík Vít 05.10.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1278 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-16]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1278.

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