situation of the cave's entranceview from the cave entrance looking towards Schafberg
The cave extends for 142 m, at about 60 m from the entrance forming a chamber. The cave's name is recorded in 1819 a booklet on "Zwingli's birthplace" (Zwinglis Geburtsort, i.e. Wildhaus) by J. Fr. Franz: "at the foot of Selun ridge there is a great cave, known as the wild man's hole, which at first is very broad and high, so that it could by entered by horse and wagon, then becomes narrower, and again wider, and in such alternation continues along various bends for a quarter of an hour before its end is reached."[1] An examination of 15 July 1906 yielded bones of cave bears. A more detailed survey was conducted during 1923 to 1928 (published in Bächler 1934), producing a large number of bones, mostly of bears, besides a smaller number of stone tools comparable to the Wildkirchli finds. The bones seem to have been artificially deposited in heaps. The cave was presumably in use (either inhabited or used as a storage site for meat, or as a sacrificial site) by prehistoric man during the Mousterian (about 40,000 to 35,000 years ago).
Johannes Seluner, a feral child found in 1844, presumably lived in the cave during a number of years.
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^An dem Fusse des Selunerrückens befindet sich eine grosse Höhle, das Wildenmannlisloch genannt, die anfangs sehr weit und hoch ist, so dass man mit Pferden und Wagen hineinfahren könnte, dann wieder verenget und wieder erweitert und in solchen Abwechslungen und verschiedenen Krümmungen sich eine Viertelstunde lang hinziehet, bis man ihr Ende erreicht.
wildenmannlisloch, also, wildmannlisloch, translating, wild, hole, alpine, limestone, karst, cave, municipality, wildhaus, johann, toggenburg, region, canton, gallen, switzerland, northern, slope, churfirsten, range, north, peak, selun, elevation, 1640, situat. Wildenmannlisloch also Wildmannlisloch translating to wild man s hole is an alpine limestone Karst cave in the municipality of Wildhaus Alt St Johann Toggenburg region canton of St Gallen Switzerland on the northern slope of the Churfirsten range ca 2 km due north of peak Selun at an elevation of 1640 m situation of the cave s entrance view from the cave entrance looking towards Schafberg The cave extends for 142 m at about 60 m from the entrance forming a chamber The cave s name is recorded in 1819 a booklet on Zwingli s birthplace Zwinglis Geburtsort i e Wildhaus by J Fr Franz at the foot of Selun ridge there is a great cave known as the wild man s hole which at first is very broad and high so that it could by entered by horse and wagon then becomes narrower and again wider and in such alternation continues along various bends for a quarter of an hour before its end is reached 1 An examination of 15 July 1906 yielded bones of cave bears A more detailed survey was conducted during 1923 to 1928 published in Bachler 1934 producing a large number of bones mostly of bears besides a smaller number of stone tools comparable to the Wildkirchli finds The bones seem to have been artificially deposited in heaps The cave was presumably in use either inhabited or used as a storage site for meat or as a sacrificial site by prehistoric man during the Mousterian about 40 000 to 35 000 years ago Johannes Seluner a feral child found in 1844 presumably lived in the cave during a number of years References edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wildenmannlisloch An dem Fusse des Selunerruckens befindet sich eine grosse Hohle das Wildenmannlisloch genannt die anfangs sehr weit und hoch ist so dass man mit Pferden und Wagen hineinfahren konnte dann wieder verenget und wieder erweitert und in solchen Abwechslungen und verschiedenen Krummungen sich eine Viertelstunde lang hinziehet bis man ihr Ende erreicht Wildenmannlisloch in German French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland Emil Bachler Das Wildenmannlisloch Am Selun 1934 Aus der Geschichte von Alt St Johann wildhaus altstjohann ch 47 10 4 N 9 15 19 E 47 16778 N 9 25528 E 47 16778 9 25528 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Wildenmannlisloch amp oldid 1067991453, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
