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Liptovský Mikuláš (Žilinský kraj)
Demänovská Cave of Liberty
The cave was discovered by A. Král with the help of A. Mišura and other surveyors through the dry lowest ponor of Demänovka River in 1921. The Commission for Publicizing of the Demänovské Caves was established in 1922 and began the development works for opening for the public. An interim electrical lighting was installed in 1923. A part of the cave, leading from the entrance gallery through the Marble Riverbed and Great ...
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Rožňava (Košický kraj)
Dobšinská Ice Cave
Opening to the cave called “ice hole” was known since long time ago. However, it was only E. Ruffíni accompanied by G. Lang, A. Mega and F. Fehér who descended underground in 1870. Thanks to the Dobšiná town, the cave was opened for the public as early as 1871. Experiments with electric lighting began in 1881. Regular electric lighting was introduced in 1887. The cave belongs among the first electrically illuminated ...
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Rožňava (Košický kraj)
Gombasecká Cave
Volunteer cavers from Rožňava, organized in the Slovak Speleological Society, discovered the cave in 1951 (V. Rozložník, L. Herényi, Š. Roda, A. Abonyi, A. Rusňák, Š. Ivanec and others). They entered the underground spaces through the Black Resurgence with the help of some excavation works. The cave has been opened to the public since 1955, thanks to L. Herényi and his collaborators. It had been used for speleotherapy ...
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Banská Bystrica (Banskobystrický kraj)
Harmanecká cave
The entrance space of the cave called Izbica, which offered shelter in bad weather to woodcutters and forest workers, was known to local people since long ago. The later discovery of the cave in 1932 wasn’t a result of a chance but a goal-directed heavy work of 18 years old Michal Bacúrik, who after 14 day dug out a narrow opening – now the Discoverer’s Passage and entered the snow white hall later called the Discoverer’s ...
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Košice (Košický kraj)
Jasovská Cave
The Jasovská Cave was settled in the Neolithic (Bukk-Mountain Culture), Bronze Age, Halstadt Age (Older Iron Age) and Rome Age. Sporadic findings show also to possible short-term Palaeolithic settlement. It is passed on that the cave (its upper parts) was discovered by a monk from the Premonstrate Order located in Jasov. The first mentions on the Order existence are bound with the 12th century. People from village and ...
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Ochtiná (Košický kraj)
Ochtinská Aragonite Cave
The cave was discovered by chance by M.Cangár and J. Prošek, the employees of the East-Slovakian Ore Survey in Jelšava, while drilling the geological survey Kapusta Adit in 1954. The cave was inspected by the people from Turista national enterprise in 1955 and the first survey works took place in 1956. Cave development works for opening to the public started in 1966 by thirling the access adit 145 m long, which enabled ...
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Krásnohorská Dlhá Lúka (Košický kraj)
Krásnohorská Cave
Perhaps only a few Slovaks know that nowhere else in the world in temperate climates is the density of caves as high as in the Slovak Karst - on a the relatively small area there are more than 1000. One of the caves of the Slovak Karst is Krásnohorská Cave. To visit it also represents compared with visits to other Slovak Caves a unique experience - Attendance is in fact in complete caving gear, including a helmet with ...
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Brezno (Banskobystrický kraj)
Dead Bats´ Cave
Dead Bats´ Cave is the oldest and the only alpine cave open for visitor in Slovakia. Located in the Low Tatras in the district of town Brezno. Its mysterious underground spaces in hide in addition to the classical stalactite cave formations a rare reddish brown and green color volcanic rocks, which contain lenses agate. Also noteworthy is that the whole cave is littered with skeletons of bats, whose age is estimated ...
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Vysoké Tatry (Prešovský kraj)
Belianska Cave
The cave entrance has long been known. The entrance parts were known by gold seekers as early as the first half of the 18th century, which is evidenced by the inscriptions of their names on the rocky walls. However they had been unrevealed for many years. The entrance was again found by L. Gulden and gold miner Fabry in 1826, however they did not penetrate deeper into the cave. In 1881 the opening to underground was ...
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Smolenice (Trnavský kraj)
Driny cave
The mysterious hole on the Drinkový Hill was known to local people as early as the 19th century. J. Banič and I. Vajsábel roped down to deeper parts of the doline chimney in 1930. J. Prudík established a Committee for Cave Research in 1931 with the aim of Smolenice caves research. They entered the cave to 36 m’s depth from surface in 1932. In order to create suitable condition for opening the cave for public, the Cooperative ...
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Kečovo (Košický kraj)
Domica cave
The Domica Cave had offered a short time refuge for the oldest Neolithic inhabitants of the Eastern Slovakia who were creators of the culture with the eastern linear ceramics – and its local branch so called Gemer Linear Ceramics. However, the cave had been mostly settled by the Neolithic humans of the Bukk Mountain Culture. The original entrance was later blocked by debris and the cave became inaccessible. Post holes ...
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Brezno (Banskobystrický kraj)
Bystrianska Cave
Local people knew about the opening to the Old Cave for a long time. The first people daring to go underground were J. Kovalčík and E. Laubert in 1923. The Hell Abyss, through which the New Cave was reached later, was discovered by E. and A. Hollmann and J. Kovalčík in 1926. The members of the Carpathian Convention from Banská Bystrica continued in cave surveying in 1927. The lower entrance into the New Cave (exit from ...
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Žilina (Žilinský kraj)
Važecká Cave
The entrance hall was known to local people since long ago. The continuation of cave spaces was discovered by O. A. Húska with assistance of A. Somr in 1922. Thanks to F. Havránek, who rented the cave from the Važec landowners and provisionally opened it to the public as early as 1928. The official assessment permiting opening the cave for public is from 1934. The spaces behind the Stone Dome were discovered by F. Havránek ...
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Liptovský Mikuláš (Žilinský kraj)
Demänovská Ice Cave
It is passed on that the Demänovská Ice Cave is known from time immemorial. The first mention about the openings to caves in the Demänovská Valley is recorded in the Esztergom Chapter document from 1299. However, it cannot be related to a specific cave. The first written mention about the Demänovská Ice Cave is related to the description of a cave not far from Liptovský Mikuláš and comes from 1672 by J. P. Hain who was ...
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