Breitscheider Höhlensysteme in 3D

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Admission free

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Breitscheid – two film premieres

3D multivision show and documentary film on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the discovery of the autumn labyrinth-Advent cave system Exactly 30 years ago, members of the Speleological Working Group Hessen e.V. (SAH for short) found a small and very narrow crevice on the edge of the quarry between Breitscheid and the district of Medenbach from which a strong draft was coming out. This is always an indication for speleologists that it must be the entrance to a larger cave system. And that's how it was: after a few meters, a large hall decorated with crystal-clear stalactites opened up for them, the beginning of the research in the Advent cave they named. A year later in the fall of 1994, they found another crack that led into labyrinthine passages and called this area the Autumn Labyrinth. This is where the name of the well-known Breitscheider show cave comes from. In 1995 they found a connection between the two cave areas. This is actually part of the Erdbachhöhle, which was already known from 1965. The stream of the same name disappears on the outskirts of Breitscheid and resurfaces as a source in the Erdbach district and it has long been clear that where a stream disappears and flows through limestone, there must also be a cave. But it took until 2013 to discover much of the underground stream. Today only 80 meters are missing to connect the 2 km long and over 100 meter deep Erdbach cave with the 13 km long autumn labyrinth Advent cave system. At the beginning of the evening show, the new documentary film by a SAH board member shows viewers why the Breitscheid cave systems are among the largest caves in all of Germany Joel Thielman. It clearly explains in a kind of “TerraX of the cave explorers” how all the many kilometers were discovered back then and still today and researched. Thielmann: “It took countless weeks and days in the Breitscheid caves and a total of almost 2 years of volunteer work that led to the 30-minute documentary. This is only possible as a joint speleologist team! When it comes to speleology, the main part of which is documenting caves, everyone contributes what they do best. I am a computer scientist by profession and therefore have an affinity for everything technical such as drone footage, film editing software, camera work and so much more. We are excited to see whether you like our debut work, which will also be available to watch on our SAH YouTube channel on the Internet from 2024." The second highlight of the evening comes directly after the documentary. Then it's time to discover "The Breitscheid Caves in 3D". This is a project funded by EU LEADER funds by the municipality of Breitscheid in collaboration with the speleologists and the show cave. "The effort required to create this unique 30-minute 3D multivision show was very time-consuming and organizationally complex, because it requires special technology and almost all of the necessary equipment twice," says cave explorer Oliver Heil, who played a key role together with Klaus Gross was responsible for the 3D project. Therefore, two projectors are available in the evening, which project onto a specially coated cinema screen. The spectators are given simple 3D glasses beforehand and can thus immerse themselves directly and live in the cave world. “A feeling like being on the move with the cave explorers and being able to experience the fascinating Breitscheider underworld outside of the show cave area. "Absolutely unique." Breitscheid's mayor Roland Lay (independent) describes the new 3D multivision show. Viewers get insights into all parts of the cave systems that hardly anyone has seen before, because the entire cave system has been standing since 2018 because of the bones found of large mammals from the last Ice Age (cave bear, woolly rhinoceros, etc.) under paleontological monument protection. Even NASA scientists were in the autumn labyrinth to conduct research on microbes. Ingo Dorsten, the first chairman of the SAH, says: “When we found the cave on December 13, 1993, no one had any idea what cave treasure it was. For me it is still one of the most exciting caves in the world, not only visually but also scientifically, and after 3 years of work we are now looking forward to the 3D multi-vision show to the public "to be able to present".

Translated with DeepL (www.deepl.com).