Geroldsauer waterfall
The Geroldsauer waterfall is an approximately six meter high waterfall of the Grobbach south of the Baden-Baden district of Geroldsau in the northern Black Forest .
The Grobbach rises on the precipitation-rich western slope of the northern Black Forest at about 800 m above sea level. NN height on the Black Forest High Road near Plättig / Bühlerhöhe . It flows northwards and unites in front of the waterfall with the Harzbach, which with its tributaries drains the north-western slope of the Badener Höhe . At the waterfall, the Grobbach has an average water flow of 0.56 m³ / s. He falls here from about 291 m above sea level. NHN down to about 285 m . into a small rock basin. After about a kilometer of flowing, the Kerbtal widens to the wider valley floor of Geroldsau. At the confluence with the Oos in Lichtental , the Grobbach has more water and is longer than the Oos.
The falling step in the Bühlertal granite ( crystalline basement ) formed below a very resistant, silicified rustling zone .
The waterfall is a traditional excursion destination in the vicinity of the tourist city of Baden-Baden. In Geroldsau, a small street branches off the Black Forest High Road with several parking spaces for hikers, which passes the waterfall and the nearby Bütthof restaurant . The waterfall can also be reached via a footpath along the Grobbach.
Large rhododendron bushes grow in the vicinity of the Geroldsau waterfall . They were planted under Walter Rieger, Baden-Baden's horticultural director in the 1950s and 1960s.
The Geroldsauer waterfall is a geological natural monument . The nature conservation authorities classify it as a whole as worthy of protection due to its rarity and assign it to the highest of 4 value classes. It is within the 8,390 hectares of protected landscape Baden-Baden.
See also
Web links
- Location of the Geroldsauer waterfall : State Institute for the Environment Baden-Württemberg (LUBW) ( information )
- Profile of the Geroldsau waterfall (PDF, 354 kByte) at the State Office for Geology, Raw Materials and Mining
- Geroldsauer Wasserfall - Brahms and Courbet's favorite place in May , Baden-Baden Kur & Tourismus GmbH
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information according to the terrain profile in the LUBW map service. A common height is given as nine meters, cf. Geotope profile .
- ↑ LUBW: discharge parameters HQ and MQ / NQ ( memento of the original from December 28, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed October 5, 2016
- ↑ LUBW data and map service: Geo-processes, site information and site profile; Retrieved November 17, 2016
- ^ Bernd Weigel: Park Guide Baden-Baden . Ed .: Baden-Baden city administration, garden department. 2001, p. 84, 112 .
- ↑ State Institute for Environmental Protection Baden-Württemberg (ed.): Geological natural monuments in the administrative district of Karlsruhe . Karlsruhe, 2000. Page 128 (PDF, 5.6 MB)
Coordinates: 48 ° 42 ′ 45.9 ″ N , 8 ° 14 ′ 58.5 ″ E