Šipka

General Characteristics

County (administration): Moravskoslezský kraj
District (town): Nový Jičín
Village: Štramberk
Cadastre: Štramberk
Map sheets: 25-21 Nový Jičín, 25-213 Nový Jičín
Accessibility: no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: quarry
ID: 2389


Geology

Short characteristics of the site: The Šipka Cave is situated on the northern slope of the Kotouč Hill in Štramberk. The cave is famous by discovery of the jaw-bone of a Neanderthal men in 1880. The cave is result of carstification of the Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous Štramberk Limestone deposited within Mesozoic coral-reef complex. The locality is classified as National Nature Monument.
Regional geologic unit: Carpathians > Flysch belt > Outer group of nappes > Silesian Unit
Stratigraphy: Tithonian, Berriasian
Subject: archeology, paleontology, quaternary geology
Geological phenomenon: karst cave, fossils fauna
Genesis: sedimentary, aquatic (water activity)
Rock: limestone, loam, slope waste


Territorial protection

Level of protection: National nature monument
Additional information: See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR, code 435 (Šipka)
Part of national geopark: Podbeskydí
Conflicts of interests: tourism


References
  • KNIES J. (1929): Pravěké nálezy ve Štramberku. Štramberská záložna ve Štramberku, 104 str., J. Richtr, Příbor.
  • WEISSMANNOVÁ H. a kol (2004): Ostravsko. In: Mackovčin P. a Sedláček M.(eds.): Chráněná území ČR, svazek X. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR a EkoCentrum Brno, str. 218 - 219, Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Pavla Gürtlerová, 21.10.2008
Updated by: Bubík Miroslav, 18.11.2008, Kukal Zdeněk, 08.09.2017, Maceček Lukáš, 12.03.2019, Maceček Lukáš, 08.12.2019, Bubík Miroslav, 25.03.2021


Citation

The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2389 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/2389.


Location in map:

Assessment

Scientifical assesment: extraordinary
Educational assesment: major
Significance: international
Representativeness: major
Geological importance: geo-historical value, geoturistic value
Excursion locality: yes
Locality conditions: no problems

You can send information about a change in the status of the site to lokality@geology.cz


© ČGS 2024, verze: 1.01 - 5.5.14 [21.02.2024]