!!!Lurgrotte

Lurgrotte Cave, Styria, show cave (stalactite cavern and water cave) 
at the Peggauer cliff in the highland around Graz. The Lurbach stream 
flows through the 5 km long cave (longest natural subterranean 
passageway in Austria) with a fall of 220 m. In the illuminated 
cave: domes, caves, "Knight´s Armour", "Giant Curtain", "Group 
of Pines", "Palm", numerous dripstone formations and the subterranean 
lake, Zierhutsee. The "Prince" is a giant inactive stalactite of about 
3 t weight and 3.7 m length; prehistoric finds. One of the 
biggest and most beautiful caverns of Europe, discovered in 1894, its 
total length was explored for the first time in 1935. Middle section 
has been blocked up since an inrush of water carrying debris in the 
mid 1970s. Since then only accessible from Semriach or Peggau.


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