Trout jump
The trout jump is a waterfall near Langenberg ( Welzheim ). With him the Burgsteigklingenbach falls five meters over a hard sand-lime stone bank of the lower Stubensandstein .
The waterfall was created by flow-related erosion . When the Upper Rhine Rift collapsed in the geological epoch of the Tertiary , the now deeply deepened position of the Rhine formed a much stronger erosion base for the waters flowing into the Rhine. The consequences were much greater erosion of the streams and rivers, which explains the valleys, gorges and ridges typical of today. This is how the many geological natural monuments in the Welzheimer Wald came about. Geologically similar to the trout jump are the waterfalls at the Laufenmühle, which cascade over the same hard sandstone base. It is unlikely that trout should have overcome the waterfall due to the height.
See also
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- Geographical information according to official topographic maps 1: 25,000 and 1: 50,000.
- Information boards for the geological nature trail.
Coordinates: 48 ° 52 ′ 9 ″ N , 9 ° 34 ′ 50.7 ″ E