Ochozská jeskyně, Cave in Ochoz u Brna, Czech Republic.
This limestone cave features complex underground chambers with stalactites and stalagmites formed over thousands of years through water erosion and chemical processes in the Moravian Karst region.
The cave was discovered in 1831. It was open to the public from 1966 to 1975, but frequent flooding of the access passage, called Hadice, forced the tours to end. Since then it opens only occasionally, and the Brno archaeologist Bohuslav Klíma examined the cave.
The cave's name comes from the village of Ochoz u Brna, in whose cadastral area it lies. Guided tours run only about twice a year, usually in the second half of May and on St. Wenceslas Day in September, and visitors walk through with headlamps.
The cave opens to visitors twice a year, usually in the second half of May and on St. Wenceslas Day in September. Guided tours by headlamp last 75 to 120 minutes and start once a group has filled. The flooded entrance passage is called Hadice.
The flooded entrance passage is called Hadice (Hose). The Hostěnický stream flows through an unknown underground channel; at high water it fills the cave floor and empties into the Říčka. The cave is about 1,750 m long with a temperature around 8 °C.
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