List of waterfalls in Germany
Most of the waterfalls in Germany are relatively small due to the moderately mountainous topography . They are therefore listed in the lower ranks in worldwide directories and rankings , if at all. However, there are notable exceptions to the amount.
It can hardly be avoided that the type and number of recorded waterfalls reflect the regionally inconsistent use of the term waterfall . In regions with more evenly flowing waters, spots of rushing white water can already be referred to as waterfalls in their names. Smaller waterfalls can represent special features in lower mountain ranges, but they can be inconspicuous in the Alps or in the Black Forest.
Around 500 waterfalls are included in the lists. About 350 of these are in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg , with the Alpine region (with almost 200) and the Black Forest having the largest shares.
Structure and content of the lists
The lists, broken down by region, are preceded by a table with the ten highest waterfalls. Since they are almost all in the Alps, it is followed by another table with the ten highest extra-alpine waterfalls.
In the actual table there is additional information about the type and origin of the waterfall and the number and shape of the fall levels, the nearest place, the body of water or the surrounding landscape, the total height and, in the case of multi-level falls, the highest individual level.
Regional breakdown
The lists are grouped by landscapes in which waterfalls occur more frequently. You can also be assigned waterfalls from neighboring rooms with very few waterfalls. The names are based on generally known natural areas . The sequence is roughly south-north (similar rooms are as close as possible). The larger regional tables are subdivided again. As an introduction to the regional tables, the typical waterfall characteristics for the respective landscape are described. The following overview:
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Northern Limestone Alps
have many and often very high falls -
Alpine foothills and the Lake Constance area
few cases, often in gorges, also rich in water -
Bavarian Forest , Upper Palatinate Forest , Fichtel Mountains
smaller, often sliding falls, only a few larger and multi-level -
Black Forest
numerous waterfalls, some high or rich in water -
Swabian Alb
waterfalls often over limestone formations , in the foreland also rich in water -
Franconian Alb
some small falls -
Swabian-Franconian Forest and the middle Neckar area,
many waterfalls, often arid with sandstone grottoes -
Palatinate Forest and Odenwald
mostly very small waterfalls over sandstone steps -
Rhön , Knüllgebirge and Vogelsberg
few waterfalls, often over basalt edges -
Rhenish Slate Mountains,
many smaller waterfalls in impassable narrow valleys, some cataracts rich in water -
Thuringian Forest
mostly smaller waterfalls, often in conglomerate gorges -
Elbe Sandstone Mountains and Ore Mountains
mostly free falls in sandstone gorges, partly artificial -
Harz
some artificial and otherwise smaller waterfalls -
Weser / Leinebergland and Rothaargebirge
few, very different waterfalls -
North German lowlands
natural falls only on the steep coast of Rügen
Size information
Most of the time, waterfalls are sorted according to their height of fall, more rarely according to the water flow. But only a weighted combination of both can make the "size" of a waterfall comparable.
Since the water flow in most of the waterfalls is not known and is also not easy to determine, this information must be dispensed with here. However, it is included in the necessary setting of approximate lower limits. The height information for waterfalls is also to be understood as an approximation; there are seldom clear reference points.
In the case of multi-level waterfalls, the total height is measured across all fall levels. Naturalized waterfall names also include closely consecutive, but actually independent waterfalls. Nevertheless, such case groups appear with only one name in the lists as a multi-level waterfall. If such a steep slope section with several steps does not represent a sufficiently clearly delimited steep step, as is often the case with gorges and ravines, no total height can be given, only the height of the highest waterfall.
Even in the case of waterfalls with only one step, a total height that deviates from the individual value can be specified, since there can be a high gradient with small cascades above and below the step . It is included when it forms an obvious morphological unit with the waterfall . With multi-level waterfalls, it is often even more difficult to determine the beginning and end of the waterfall, as the overall picture can also be characterized by adjacent torrent sections with very small cascades.
The height information is partly taken from the literature, partly estimated or roughly with air pressure - altimeter determined. But the "official" height information of the more famous waterfalls is also worth checking. In the literature they often differ from one another, or they reflect very different views of the beginning and end of a waterfall.
Lower limits
The lists contain waterfalls from a height of approx. 1.5 meters and from a step incline of approx. 30 degrees. With average water flow, the waterfall should be conspicuous as white water (not just trickle or trickle), it should also have been created at least partially through natural processes or designed as a waterfall (without pumping).
These delimitations attempt to do justice to the general usage of the term waterfall , but also to do justice to technical aspects of geomorphology (on this, and on the causes, see waterfall ). Regionally known waterfalls outside these lower limits are included with information such as drip fall , cataract or pumping operation . Occasionally, ravines and gorges listed representative for the information contained in them, mostly nameless waterfalls.
The ten highest waterfalls
Surname | description | Total height |
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Röthbach Falls | Highest waterfall in Germany. Falls over an almost 400-meter-high, partly vertical wall into the Fischunkel basin south of the Königsee . | 470 meters |
Seebach waterfall ( picture ) | Several large steps in the rear Oytal near Oberstdorf | 300 meters |
Zipfelsfall ( picture ) | Several large steps directly on the outskirts of Hinterstein | 300 meters |
Cow Escape Falls | Three cascading waterfalls on a rocky slope near Farchant | 200 metres |
Königsbach waterfall ( picture ) | Several large steps over the Königssee east bank | 200 metres |
Dust fall ( picture ) | Several large steps south of Ruhpolding , border crossing to Austria passes under the waterfall | 200 metres |
Waterfall at the Soiernsee | Several large steps on a rock face near Mittenwald | 200 metres |
Waterfall on the Ristfeuchthorn | Falls near Schneizlreuth over a rock face into the Weißbach Gorge. Only carries water after heavy rainfall or during the snowmelt | 200 metres |
Triberg waterfall | Seven main stages of the Gutach directly on the outskirts of Triberg | 163 meters |
Dietersbach waterfall | Plunges a cliff in Gerstrubental at Oberstdorf down | 150 meters |
The highest waterfalls outside the Alps
Surname | description | Total height |
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Triberg waterfalls | The Gutach falls over two drop stairs of approx. 10 m and approx. 85 m height (with seven steps) into the Triberg valley basin. Germany's most famous waterfall, but not, as traditionally attested, its highest. Formation of steep step: fault , ice age confluence step , formation of cascades: fracture pattern in the granite , scouring | 163 meters |
Todtnauer Wasserfall (Hangloch waterfall) | At Todtnauberg, the Stübenbach falls in four main steps to the valley (4 m, 4 m, 11 m, 60 m). The waterfall, named after the hillside hole , an old mine tunnel , is freely advertised as the “highest natural waterfall” in Germany. Formation of steep step: Fault and mouth step of a glacial hanging valley | 97 meters |
Urach waterfall | The Brühlbach falls south-west of Bad Urach in the Maisental valley over a tufa-limestone edge 37 meters freely into the depth, then glides a further 50 meters over tufa cushions. Creation: 5 kg of lime sinter precipitates from the carbonate water every day, creating the entire fall terrace (the high meadow ). The rock wall typically protrudes at the lintel edges, but has also been steepened by extracting tufa limestone. | 87 meters |
Gertelbach Falls | The Gertelbach overcomes a steep section of 220 meters in numerous steps south of Baden-Baden . The main drop area is 70 meters. Formation of steep step: glacial steepness likely; Formation of cascades: fissure network in the Bühlertal granite | 70 meters |
All Saints Waterfalls | The Lierbach falls below the Allerheiligen monastery through a steep porphyry gorge over seven steps about 66 m (according to TK 25). They are also known as the Sieben Bütten or Büttensteiner waterfalls . Formation of steep step: difference in hardness of the crossed porphyry duct to the surrounding crystalline; Formation of cascades: scour formation | 66 meters |
Romkerhall waterfall | In 1862 the waterfall was created south of Goslar in the Okertal . The diverted Romke first falls freely down a limestone wall and then over a stepped rock slope. | 64 meters |
Trusetal waterfall | The highest waterfall in the Thuringian Forest was created in 1865 near Trusetal . The water of the Truse is led 3.5 kilometers along the forest slope in the waterfall ditch, and then falls in two cascades of wooden gutters over a rock slope and a block pile. | 58 meters |
Northern Limestone Alps
It is not surprising that the Alps are the area with the greatest density of waterfalls. Most of the few cases with heights of European rank also occur there (up to 470 meters total height). The high cases have mostly left to steep slopes and levels tied, the glacier melted (for example Röthfall or Schrainbachfall in the Berchtesgaden Alps ). In levels of the valley , the larger streams have often gorges cut. Small tributaries sometimes plunge into them ( Partnachklamm in the Zugspitz region, Sulzer Fall in the Berchtesgaden Alps), or the main stream itself forms waterfalls through scour stairs or where it crosses into softer rock ( Höllentalklamm in the Zugspitz region). Waterfalls, which are mainly due to changing rock strength, predominate towards the edge of the Alps ( e.g. cow escape falls in the Zugspitz region).
The Northern Limestone Alps are divided into five regions: Allgäu Alps , Berchtesgaden Alps , Chiemgau Alps , Mangfall Mountains and the Zugspitze region.
Allgäu Alps
Surname | description | Place nearby | Region or river name | Total height |
Main case |
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Angerbach waterfall | One step | Oberstaufen | Angerbach | 6 m | 6 m |
Aubach waterfall | Several levels of fall | Sonthofen | Aubachtal | 30 m | |
Breitachklamm | A waterfall in the gorge | Oberstdorf | Breitach | - | 10 m |
Upper Buchenegger waterfall | A step into a pool | Buchenegg | Weissach | 5 m | 5 m |
Lower Buchenegger waterfall | A step in a rock notch | Buchenegg | Weissach | 8 m | 8 m |
Dietersbach waterfall | Several steps over rock face | Oberstdorf | Gerstrubental | 150 m | 100 m |
Eibeles waterfall | Several fall levels on the border with Austria | Eibele | Eibele | 20 m | 15 m |
Faltenbach waterfalls.Russia | Three waterfalls (10m to 30m) | Oberstdorf | Fold brook | - | 30 m |
Geisbach waterfall | One step | Oberstdorf | Oytal | 40 m | 40 m |
Waterfalls in Gschwend | Four waterfalls (50 m, 5 m, 10 m, 20 m), ( Tobelbach waterfall: see there) | Gschwend | Great Alpsee | - | 50 m |
Hirschbachtobel | Several steps over rock face in a gorge | Bad Hindelang | Rotplattenbach | 60 m | 40 m |
Hinanger waterfall | Fall step shooting out of a rock notch | Up | Hinanger Bach | 25 m | 12 m |
Hölltobel waterfall | Free falling step | Oberstdorf | Gerstrubental | 20 m | 20 m |
Hubertus waterfall | Several levels of fall | Old towns | Leybachtobel | 10 m | 6 m |
Constance waterfall | Several steps over the Nagelfluh steps | Oberstaufen | Hubertobel | 25 m | 10 m |
Cancer waterfall | Usually no water due to barrages and pipelines | Oberstaufen | Weissach | 30 m | 30 m |
Laufbach case | Several levels of fall | Oberstdorf | Oytal | 40 m | 20 m |
Lechfall (Mangritt) | Weir with five levels in the gorge entrance | Feet | Lech | 12 m | 12 m |
Nesselburg waterfall | Four levels of fall | Nesselwang | Nesselburg | 22 m | 10 m |
Upper Osterdorfer waterfall ( picture ) | Free falling step over Nagefluh step | Constance | Osterdorfer Tobel | 40 m | 35 m |
Lower Osterdorf waterfall | Several levels of fall | Constance | Osterdorfer Tobel | 10 m | |
Rappenkessel waterfall ( picture ) | Mostly free fall over the Trogtalwand | Einödsbach ( Oberstdorf ) | Rappenbach | 70 m | |
shy -Waterfall | Free falling step | Balderschwang | Inner Scheuenbach | 70 m | 70 m |
Veil falls | Sliding fall step | angle | Starzlachklamm | 15 m | 15 m |
Schrattenbach waterfall | One step | Rieggis | Schrattenbach | 30 m | 30 m |
Seealpsee waterfall ( picture ) | Several steps over mountain ridges | Oberstdorf | Oytal | 300 m | 50 m |
Second waterfall of the Seealpsee | Several levels of fall | Oberstdorf | Oytal | 70 m | 50 m |
Starkatsgund waterfall | Several steps over the Nagefluh step | Immenstadt | Starkatsgund | 25 m | 10 m |
Starzlachklamm | Several waterfalls ( Schleierfalls: see there) | angle | Starzlachklamm | - | 15 m |
Steigbachtobel | Two waterfalls of 5 m each | Immenstadt | Steigbachtal | - | 5 m |
Steinbach waterfall | Free falling step | Pfronten -Kappel | Hell Gorge | 25 m | 25 m |
Stuibenfall ( picture ) | Free falling step | Oberstdorf | Oytal | 25 m | 25 m |
Veil fall | One step | Bad Oberdorf | Ehlesbach | 30 m | 30 m |
Stuibenfalls | Several waterfalls (50 m, 60 m) | Oberstdorf | Oytal | - | 60 m |
Täschle case | Free falling step | Hinterstein | Ostrachtal | 60 m | 60 m |
Tobelbach waterfall | Several steps over the Nagefluh step | Gschwend | Tobelbach | 80 m | 30 m |
Zipfelsfall ( picture ) | Several levels of fall | Hinterstein | Zipfelsbach | 300 m | 40 m |
Berchtesgaden Alps
Surname | description | Place nearby | Region or river name | Total height |
Main case |
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Almbach Gorge | Four waterfalls at the gorge exit near Kugelmühle ( Sulzer case: see there) | Maria gladly | Almbach (valley of the Berchtesgadener Ache) | - | 15 m |
Aschauer Klamm ( picture ) | Many steps from 1 to 5 m in the gorge | Oberjettenberg | Aschau | - | 5 m |
Aschauer waterfall | A diversified case level | Bischofswiesen | Maximiliansreitweg | 10 m | 10 m |
Kesselbach waterfall | Several levels of fall | Bad Reichenhall | Kesselbach | 50 m | 10 m |
Waterfall on the Klammweg | One step | Maria gladly | Klammweg | 4 m | 4 m |
Königsbach waterfall ( picture ) | Several steps, first in the gorge, then open over the valley wall | Schoenau upon Kings sea | Koenigssee | 200 m | 40 m |
Landtalgraben -Waterfall ( image ) | Two mostly sliding main steps over the Trogtal wall | Schoenau upon Kings sea | Landtalbach ( Obersee ) | 410 m | 230 m |
Waterfall near Maria Gern | Free falling step | Maria gladly | 10 m | 10 m | |
Röthbach case | Two almost free main steps (240 m, 50 m) over the Trogtal wall | Schoenau upon Kings sea | Röthbach ( Obersee ) | 470 m | 240 m |
Röthelbach waterfall | Several levels of fall | Bad Reichenhall | Röthelbach | 20 m | 15 m |
Schrainbach waterfall ( picture ) | Several steps into the Königssee , with a natural bridge | Schoenau upon Kings sea | Schrainbach | 80 m | 80 m |
Waterfalls on the Schwarzbach | Six waterfalls (25 m, 12 m, 6 m, 5 m, 5 m, 5 m), ( dust fall: see there) | Unterjettenberg | Schwarzbach | - | 25 m |
Dustfall | Fall step on the Schwarzbach under a high bridge | Unterjettenberg | Schwarzbach | 12 m | 12 m |
Sulzer waterfall ( picture ) | Multi-level waterfall in the Almbachklamm | Maria gladly | Almbach Gorge | 114 m | 25 m |
Todsbach waterfall | Several levels of fall | Bad Reichenhall | Todsbach | 10 m | 5 m |
Waterfall at Unterjettenberg | A step at the edge of the forest | Unterjettenberg | Saalachtal | 10 m | 10 m |
Wimbachklamm | Lots of waterfalls falling into the gorge | Ramsau | Wimbachtal | - | 20 m |
Magic forest | Several steps in the canyon | Ramsau | Ramsauer Ache | - | 5 m |
Chiemgau Alps
Surname | description | Place nearby | Region or river name | Total height |
Main case |
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Berger waterfall | Two levels of fall | mountain | Priental | 30 m | 20 m |
capture -Waterfall | Step falling freely over rock face | Capture | Priental | 30 m | 30 m |
Grattenbach waterfall | Several levels of fall, from pump to pump | Grattenbach | Priental | 10 m | 6 m |
Griessenbach waterfall | Several steps, the upper one freely falling | Grassau | Griessenbach | 25 m | 15 m |
Hammerbach waterfall | Several steps, some falling freely | Aschau | Priental | 10 m | 3 m |
Hausbach case | Several steps on the outskirts | Reit im Winkl | Hausbach | 100 m | 25 m |
Upper Hientalbach waterfall | Several levels of fall | Weissbach | Hiental | 15 m | 15 m |
Lower Hientalbach waterfall | Several levels of fall | Weissbach | Hiental | 10 m | 10 m |
Rear Kraxenbach waterfalls | Several waterfalls (60 m, 15 m, 10 m) | Ruhpolding | Rear Kraxenbach | - | 60 m |
Middle Kraxenbach waterfalls | Several waterfalls (40m, 20m, 15m, 10m, 10m) | Ruhpolding | Middle Kraxenbach | - | 40 m |
Upper waterfall on the Maserer Pass | One step | Reit im Winkl | Maserer Pass | 25 m | 25 m |
Lower waterfall at the Maserer Pass | One step | Reit im Winkl | Maserer Pass | 7 m | 7 m |
Mussbach waterfall | One step | Schneizlreuth | Mussbach | 9 m | 9 m |
Waterfall on the Ristfeuchthorn | Mostly very little water over steep rock face | Schneizlreuth | Ristfeuchthorn | 200 m | 200 m |
Röthelmoos waterfall | One step | Ruhpolding | Röthelmoosalm | 30 m | 30 m |
Upper Rudersberg waterfall | Free falling step in front of a rock face | Ettenhausen | Entenlochklamm | 15 m | 15 m |
Lower Rudersberg waterfall | A step in a rock notch | Ettenhausen | Entenlochklamm | 10 m | 10 m |
Schossrinn waterfall ( picture ) | Free falling, with puddles | Aschau | Priental | 50 m | 50 m |
Black Ache Waterfall | Several levels of fall | Mountains | Black ache | 10 m | 10 m |
Dust fall ( picture ) | Several levels of fall on the border with Austria | Ruhpolding | Fischbachtal | 200 m | |
Teyergraben waterfall | One step | Weissbach | Teyergraben | 10 m | 10 m |
Wall of water - waterfall | One step over a steep rock face | Mountains | White Ache Valley | 30 m | 30 m |
Weißbach waterfall | Two steps, one free-falling | Schneizlreuth | Weissbach | 20 m | 10 m |
Upper Weißbach waterfall | One step | Schneizlreuth | Weissbach | 10 m | 10 m |
Weißbach ( picture ) | Several waterfalls in the canyon | Schneizlreuth | Weissbach | - | 8 m |
White Ache waterfall | Several levels of fall | Mountains | Hochfelln | 8 m | 8 m |
Mangfall Mountains
Surname | description | Place nearby | Region or river name | Total height |
Main case |
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Arzbach Waterfall (also Arzmoos Waterfall) ( picture ) | Single stage | Bayrischzell , Flintsbach am Inn | Arzbach in Arzmoos | 40 m | 40 m |
Waterfall in Bayrischzell | One step | Bayrischzell | 5 m | 5 m | |
Waterfall at the Bernauer Bach | One step | Valepp | Bernau | 10 m | 10 m |
Waterfall near Brannenburg | Several levels of fall | Brannenburg | 10 m | 10 m | |
Upper Fischbach waterfall | A step in a rock notch | Oberaudorf | Fischbach | 10 m | 10 m |
Lower Fischbach waterfall | Several levels of fall | Oberaudorf | Fischbach | 15 m | 10 m |
Upper Fluderbach waterfall | One step | Scented brew | Fluderbach | 12 m | 12 m |
Lower Fluderbach waterfall | One step | Scented brew | Fluderbach | 8 m | 8 m |
Giessenbachklamm | Several waterfalls in the gorge | Kiefersfelden | Giessenbachklamm | - | 5 m |
Gurnbach -Waterfall | Several levels of fall | Wildbad Kreuth | Gurnbach | 60 m | 60 m |
Waterfall at the Hechtsee | Several levels of fall | Kiefersfelden | Hechtsee | 10 m | 10 m |
Waterfall in the Höllgraben | Free falling step | Valepp | Höllgraben | 5 m | 5 m |
Jenbach waterfall ( picture ) | One step | Bad Feilnbach | Jenbach | 10 m | 10 m |
Upper Josefsthaler waterfall | One step | Josefsthal | Hachelbach | 8 m | 8 m |
Lower Josefsthaler waterfall | One step | Josefsthal | Hachelbach | 12 m | 12 m |
Klammbach waterfall | Several levels of fall | Wildbad Kreuth | Wolf Gorge | 70 m | 70 m |
Kotzenbach waterfall | Muzzle case | Lenggries | Kotzenbach (Dürrachklamm) | ||
Litzldorfer waterfall | One step | Litzldorf | Litzldorfer Bach | 10 m | 10 m |
Waterfalls in the Pfanngraben | Several stages from pump to pump | Valepp | Pfanngraben | - | |
Philosophers case | Several levels of fall | Flintsbach am Inn | Branches | 30 m | 20 m |
Rissbach waterfall | One step | Front crack | Rissbach | 5 m | 5 m |
Rottach waterfall | Several levels of fall | Rottach-Egern | Rottach | 25 m | 25 m |
Schronbach waterfall ( picture ) | Estuary gorge with six steps (2 m, 3 m, 5 m, 15 m, 5 m, 10 m) | Lenggries | Schronbach (Isar Valley) | 50 m | 15 m |
Waterfall at the Schwaigeralm | One step | Wildbad Kreuth | 5 m | 5 m | |
Schwarzenbach waterfall ( picture ) | One step | Wildbad Kreuth | Schwarzenbach | 6 m | 6 m |
Waterfall at Spitzingsee | Sliding fall step | Spitzingsee | Spitzingsee | 10 m | 10 m |
Tatzelwurm waterfall | Three steps in a deep ravine | Oberaudorf | Sudelfeldpass | 90 m | 30 m |
Todtengraben waterfall | Several levels of fall | Valepp | Ditch | 25 m | 25 m |
Wolfsschlucht | Four waterfalls (40 m, 10 m, 6 m, 5 m) | Flintsbach am Inn | Wolfsschlucht | - | 40 m |
Walcher Gorge | Multiple waterfalls | Tegernsee | Walcher Gorge | - | 10 m |
Zugspitze region
Regions Ammergau , Pfaffenwinkel and Werdenfelser Land ( Ammergau Alps , Ester Mountains , Wetterstein Mountains and Karwendel )
Surname | description | Place nearby | Region or river name | Total height |
Main case |
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Finzbachklamm | Several waterfalls ( high fall: see there) | Wallgau | Finzbachklamm | - | 7 m |
Heckenbach waterfall | One step | Kochel am See | Heckenbach | 6 m | 6 m |
High case at Wallgau | Multi-stage mouth case | Wallgau | Altgraben (Finzbachklamm) | 50 m | 30 m |
Waterfall at the Höllentalanger hut | Several levels of fall | Garmisch | Hell Valley Tang | ||
Höllentalklamm ( picture ) | Several waterfalls in the gorge | Garmisch | Höllentalklamm | - | 50 m |
Waterfall in the Hüttlegraben | One step | Mittenwald | Hüttlebachklamm | 10 m | 10 m |
Waterfall at the Kenzenhütte | Several levels of fall | Halbch | Kenzenhütte | 70 m | 60 m |
Kuhflucht waterfalls.Russia | Sequence of three waterfalls ( upper , middle and lower waterfall) | Farchant | Cow escape | 200 m | 40 m |
Middle Kuhflucht -Waterfall ( image ) | Several levels of fall | Farchant | Cow escape | 40 m | 20 m |
Upper Kuhflucht waterfall ( picture ) | Several levels of fall | Farchant | Cow escape | 200 m | 40 m |
Lower Kuhflucht waterfall ( picture ) | Several levels of fall | Farchant | Kufhlucht | 30 m | 25 m |
Lainbach waterfall | 2 fall levels | Benediktbeuern | Schmiedlaine | 25 m | 25 m |
Lainbach waterfall ( picture ) | Partly free fall step | Kochel am See | Lainbach | 20 m | 20 m |
Lainltal waterfall | Three levels of fall | Jachenau | 40 m | 15 m | |
Laintal waterfall | Several levels of fall | Mittenwald | Laintal | 30 m | 15 m |
Martinswand waterfall | One step | Linderhof Palace | Martinswand | 15 m | 15 m |
Neualpengraben waterfall | Several levels of fall | Graswang | Neualpengraben | 50 m | 10 m |
Waterfall near Ohlstadt | One step | Ohlstadt | 40 m | 40 m | |
Partnach waterfall ( picture ) | Single stage | Garmisch | Reintal | 80 m | 80 m |
Partnach Gorge | Several waterfalls in the gorge | Garmisch | Partnach Gorge | - | 50 m |
Pöllatfall ( picture ) | One step below the "Marienbrücke" | Schwangau | Pöllat Gorge | 45 m | 45 m |
Pöllatschlucht ( picture ) | Two waterfalls (45 m, 10 m), ( Pöllatfall: see there) | Schwangau | Pöllat Gorge | - | 45 m |
Rappinlaine waterfall | Several levels of fall | Jachenau | Rappin Gorge | 40 m | 15 m |
Sachensee -Waterfall ( image ) | Two levels of fall | Wallgau | Sachgraben (Obernach Canal) | 6 m | 3 m |
Grinding mill clamp ( picture ) | Three waterfalls in the gorge (12 m, 8 m, 20 m) | Unterammergau | Grinding mill clamp | - | 20 m |
Seinsbachklamm | Several waterfalls in the gorge | Mittenwald | Seinsbachklamm | - | 8 m |
Stuhlgraben waterfall | Two levels of fall | Graswang | Armchair ditch | 100 m | 50 m |
Waterfall at the Soiernsee | Several levels of fall | Mittenwald | Soiernsee | 200 m | |
Steep falls waterfall | Several levels of fall | Garmisch | 30 m | 20 m | |
Sunkenlaine waterfall | Fall step with mostly little water | Semolina | Sunkenlaine | 30 m | 30 m |
Large waterfall near Wallgau ( picture ) | Several levels of fall | Wallgau | Hermitage | 60 m | 40 m |
Small waterfall near Wallgau ( picture ) | Free falling step | Wallgau | Finzbach | 8 m | 8 m |
Alpine foothills with the Lake Constance area
There are also a few beautiful waterfalls in the hilly, once glacier-covered molasse areas of the Alpine foothills , especially on conglomerate banks in gorges. Most are in the wider area around Lake Constance . The low Alzfall near Altenmarkt is the most water-rich natural fall in Germany.
Surname | description | Place nearby | Region or river name | Total height |
Main case |
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Alz case ( picture ) | Weir above natural drop, very rich in water (over 50 m³ / s) | Altenmarkt | Alz | 5 m | 2 m |
Flower fields waterfall ( picture ) | Fall step under a viaduct | Blumenfeld ( Tengen ) | Beaver ( Hegau ) | 6 m | 6 m |
Eistobel (Argentobel waterfalls, Riedholz waterfalls) ( picture ) | Five partly sliding waterfalls, mostly around 3 m, cataracts with 10 m, in a conglomerate gorge | Grünenbach | Upper Argen (Tobelbach) | - | 10 m |
Ettishofer waterfall Ach | Fall step in a meadow valley | Inntobel near Weingarten | Ettishofer Ach (Schussen Valley) | 1.5 m | 1.5 m |
Hasenreuther waterfall | Two free fall levels | Scheidegg | 10 m | 5 m | |
Waterfall in Hödinger Tobel ( picture ) | Free fall over conglomerate bank | Hödingen | Tobelbach | 11 m | 5 m |
Katharinen waterfalls | A sliding and a free fall in the conglomerate gorge | Kargegg (near Allensbach ) | Katharinabach ( Bodanrück ) | 60 m | 10 m |
Kienbach waterfall | Free individual level via conglomerate bank | Andechs | Kienbach Gorge ( Ammersee ) | 2 m | 2 m |
Waterfalls of the Marienschlucht ( picture ) | Several steps in the conglomerate - steep gorge | Langenrain | Bodanrück / Überlinger See | 115 m | 7 m |
Mühlbachschlucht ( picture ) | Multiple waterfalls | Tengen | Mühlbach ( Hegau ) | - | 13 m |
Pähler waterfall ( picture ) | Free falling over the conglomerate bank | Pähl | Burgleitenbach ( Pähler Gorge ) | 16 m | 16 m |
Waterfall near Peißenberg | Sliding fall step | Peissenberg | 10 m | 10 m | |
Scheidegger waterfalls | Two free falling steps (18 m and 22 m) | Scheidegg | Rickenbach | 40 m | 22 m |
Scheidegger waterfall on the nature trail ( picture ) | Falling freely from the rock roof | Scheidegg | Rickenbach | 8 m | 7 m |
Schleierfall of the Ammer Gorge ( pictures ) | Multi-parted water curtains over tufa formations |
Wildsteig Bad Bayersoien |
Bunting | 10 m | 10 m |
Schmalegger waterfall ( picture ) | A free fall step | Schmalegg (near Weingarten ) | Schmalegger Tobel ( Schussental ) | 6 m | 6 m |
Bavarian Forest, Upper Palatinate Forest, Fichtel Mountains
Like other mountains with predominantly crystalline rocks or quartzites, the East Bavarian low mountain ranges are rather poor in waterfalls, at least given their considerable height in the Bohemian Forest or the Upper Bavarian Forest . They are mostly characterized by wide, even mountain shapes with slopes covered by block debris. The few narrow valleys are usually also filled with blocks that make it difficult to run away in a concentrated, erosive manner. Areas that were glaciated during the Ice Age have some steep cirque walls or places with repeatedly pushed off block debris. There, in the area of the main ridges of the Bavarian Forest, there are by far the greatest number of, often sliding, waterfalls. The largest are the Riesloch Falls .
Sometimes there are also clear fault levels or in the narrow valleys towards the Danube , especially in the southeast ( Buchberger Leite ), steep narrow valleys with mostly small waterfalls that often tumble over large blocks.
Surname | description | Place nearby | Region or river name | Total height |
Main case |
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Waterfall near Arnoldsreuth | Repaired case from the old Mühlkanal | Arnoldsreuth | Hangkanal ( Steinwald ) | 8 m | 8 m |
Böbracher waterfall ( picture ) | Small double cascade in Sturzbach | Bernried -Böbrach | Böbracher Bach | 9 m | 1.5 m |
Bodenbach waterfall | It flows into the Muglbach | Hardeck | Bodenbach ( Upper Palatinate Forest ) | ||
Geigenbach waterfall | Cascades in a torrent over a slope rich in blocks | Ground corn | Geigenbach ( Great Arbersee ) | - | 1.5 m |
Hammerbach waterfall | Fall in a sluggish stream on the border of granite and gneiss | Freudenberg (near Amberg ) | ( Upper Palatinate ) | 3 m | 2 m |
High- fall ( picture ) | Two levels of fall | Ground corn | Moosbach | 8 m | 4 m |
Waterfalls in Hell ( picture ) | Small step into a steep Kerbtal | Brennberg | Side stream of the Höllbach | ||
Höllbach case in Höllbachgspreng ( picture ) | Several steps over small, blocked karwand | Ludwigsthal | Great Höllbach | 15 m | 5 m |
Muglbach waterfall ( picture ) | Fall step in flat, hilly woodland | Neualbenreuth | Muglbach ( Upper Palatinate Forest ) | 4 m | 4 m |
Nagelsteiner waterfalls ( picture ) | Follow small sliding falls | Sankt Englmar | Obermühlbach | 3 m | |
Riesloch Falls | Five mostly sliding main steps in a narrow basin | Ground corn | Riesbach (Riesloch) | 55 m | 15 m |
Sollerbach Falls | Two similar case levels | Lohberg ( Lam ) | Sollerbach (Lamer Winkel) | 2 m | |
Steinbach Fall ( picture ) | Steps in the steep slope | Ludwigsthal | Steinbach (Great Falkenstein) | 4 m | 4 m |
Waterfall in the devil's kitchen | Small fall between granite cliffs (wool sack shape) | Tirschenreuth | ( Upper Palatinate Forest ) |
Black Forest
The Black Forest is particularly notable for its wealth of waterfalls. The reason is less due to the altitude (highest low mountain range in Germany since 1945) than to the differences in altitude over a short distance. You come to the Upper Rhine Plain like those of the Pre-Alps . Nevertheless, there are wide high valleys at great heights, so that some streams are already large at the beginning of the steep drops and then very erosive ( Triberg waterfalls , pond gorge in the Middle Black Forest , Raumünzach waterfall in the northern Black Forest ). In addition, the northern Black Forest has the highest levels of precipitation in Germany outside of the (Allgäu) Alps. The strong ice age glaciations left behind many valley steps ( Prägbach and Buselbach in the southern Black Forest ), as well as Karwand ( Zweribach waterfalls in the central Black Forest, Feldsee waterfall in the southern Black Forest, Dobelbach Falls in the northern Black Forest), as well as hanging valleys (for example Todtnauer waterfall , Bistenfall in the southern Black Forest).
The Black Forest is divided into three regions: Northern Black Forest , Central Black Forest and Southern Black Forest
Northern Black Forest
Northern Black Forest : here region north of the Kinzigtal line
Surname | description | Place nearby | Region or river name | Total height |
Main case |
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Northern Absbach waterfall | Two partly free steps over a smooth Karwand in the red sandstone , mostly little water | Bad Rippoldsau | Absbach, northern source branch | 50 m | 22 m |
Southern Absbach waterfall | Sliding fall in a pathless steep gorge | Bad Rippoldsau | Absbach, southern source branch | 12 m | 8 m |
All Saints' Waterfalls ( picture ) | Seven steps with deep pools (Bütten) in a narrow porphyry gorge | Oppenau | Lierbach | 66 m | 13 m |
Burgbach waterfall ( picture ) | Partly free fall over the Karwand in the Rotliegend | Bad Rippoldsau | Wolftal | 32 m | 32 m |
Bust Hole Waterfall ( picture ) | Partly free fall from overhanging red sandstone wall | Reinerzau | Bust Hole ( Little Kinzig Valley ) | 17 m | 12 m |
Dobelbach Waterfalls (Kammerloch Falls) ( picture ) | Four similar free main steps in red sandstone Karwand | Huzenbach | Murgtal | 90 m | 13 m |
Noblewoman grave waterfalls.Russia ( image ) | Six steps (2.5 m, 6 m, 3 m, 3 m, 3 m, 9 m) in the winding porphyry gorge | Ottenhöfen | Gottschlagtal | 40 m | 7 m |
Elmlisberg waterfall or Dohlenbach waterfall ( picture ) | Four sliding levels | Schiltach | Dohlenbächle ( Kinzigtal ) | 34 m | 9 m |
Gaishell ( picture ) | Torrent over large granite blocks with small steps | Sasbachwalden | Brandbach (Gaishölle) | 150 m | 2 m |
Geroldsauer waterfall | Free fall into cleared fault joint, rich in water | Geroldsau ( Baden-Baden ) | Grobbach | 9 m | 6 m |
Gertelbach waterfalls ( picture ) | Many small falls over granite steps into a basin-like valley, steep step 220 m, of which main cascades 70 m | Bühlertal | Gertelbach Gorge | 62 m | 6 m |
Gräbenbach waterfall ( picture ) | Free fall over red sandstone bench | Trenches ( Alpirsbach ) | Gräbenbach | 3 m | 3 m |
Great Griesbach waterfall | Almost free fall over granite - passage in the gneiss | Bad Peterstal-Griesbach | 25 m | 14 m | |
Small Griesbach waterfall | Result of several, partly free falls, arid | Bad Peterstal-Griesbach | 98 m | 23 m | |
Grimbach waterfalls | Follow small cascades | Baden-Baden | Oostal | 40 m | |
Upper Grobbach waterfalls | Baden-Baden | Grobbach | |||
Holchen waterfall ( picture ) | Two steps in a short mouth gorge into a meadow valley | Bad Peterstal | Holchenbächle ( Renchtal ) | 8 m | 4 m |
Waterfall in the Kluse ( picture ) | Artificially elevated level in Kerbtal | Bad Herrenalb | Alb (Upper Rhine) | 2 m | 2 m |
Laufbach waterfalls ( picture ) | In Loffenau one step of 1.5 m, in the gorge two sliding steps of 3 m and 5 m | Loffenau | Laufbach | 21 m | 5 m |
Monbach waterfall ( picture ) | Largest of a series of red sandstone steps | Bad Liebenzell -Monbachtal | Monbach gorge | 1.5 m | 1.5 m |
Raumünzach waterfall ( historical photo ) | Free falling estuary, once very rich in water (dehydration) | Raumünzach | Schwarzenbach ( Murgtal ) | 6 m | 4 m |
Horse Heaven Waterfall ( picture ) | Cascading fall over the Karwand | Knee to | Horse Heaven Kar | 30 m | 7 m |
Rotmurg waterfall (Teufelsmühle) | Articulated level with free fall | Baiersbronn | Murgtal | 4 m | 3 m |
Sankenbach Falls | Five steps (4 m, 9 m, 25 m, 2 m, 2 m) in smooth-walled red sandstone cirque | Baiersbronn | Sankenbach | 40 m | 25 m |
Silbersee waterfall (historical photo ) | Several steps in a former quarry | Reinerzau | Tiefengraben ( Kleines Kinzig Valley ) | 32 m | 14 m |
Waterfall on the Yberg | Low water single stage | Varnhalt | Grünbachtal ( Ortenau ) | 10 m | 3 m |
Ziegelbach waterfall | Freefall | Neubulach | Nagoldtal |
Middle Black Forest
Middle Black Forest : here region between the Kinzigtal line and Höllental (or alternatively the B 31 )
Surname | description | Place nearby | Region or river name | Total height |
Main case |
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Altersbach waterfall ( picture ) | Small gorge with a multi-level fall in a wide valley | Altersbach ( Waldkirch ) | Altersbächle | 8 m | 2 m |
Bernecktaler waterfall | Artificial fall in the Schiltach | Schramberg | Slope Canal in the Berneck Valley | 15 m | 15 m |
Elz waterfall ( picture ) | Main stage in a stream section rich in blocks | Rohrhardsberg | Elz Valley | 70 m | 2 m |
Waterfalls in the Gschwandersdobel (Upper Hirschbach Falls ; picture ) | Two individual steps in a high valley | St. Peter | Valley of the Wild Gutach | 3 m | |
Hirschbach Falls | Sliding cascades on the upper edge of a large cirque | St. Peter | Valley of the Wild Gutach | 22 m | 6 m |
Kostgfall Gorge ( picture ) | Torrent with four waterfalls (defaced by pipeline) | Has salmon simons forest | Valley of the Wild Gutach | - | 8 m |
Lauterbach waterfalls ( picture ) | Two free falling levels (dehydration) | Schramberg | Lauterbach | 15 m | 3 m |
Niedergießbach waterfalls | Cascades over large blocks with two main stages | Triberg | Gutachtal | 30 m | 6 m |
Prisenbach waterfall ( picture ) | Artificially formed cascades in the midst of narrow buildings | Triberg | Gutachtal | - | 2 m |
Great Ravenna Fall ( picture ) | Partly sliding step into a traversing fault | Steig ( Breitnau ) | Ravennaschlucht ( Höllental ) | 16 m | 16 m |
Little Ravenna case ( picture ) | Sliding fall step | Steig ( Breitnau ) | Ravennaschlucht ( Höllental ) | 6 m | 4 m |
Schonach case ( picture ) | Sliding waterfall in the city, confluence stage | Triberg | Schonach | 15 m | 8 m |
Suggental waterfall | Sliding steps over the former impact slope of the Elz | Waldkirch | Rock water | 12 m | 5 m |
Pond gorge ( picture ) | Three series of small steps in a torrent rich in water | Guttenbach | Valley of the Wild Gutach | - | 2 m |
Triberg waterfalls | Seven steps in the valley basin (90 m, confluence step ), above torrent (partial dehydration) | Triberg | Expert | 163 m | 14 m |
Zweribach waterfalls.Russia ( image ) | Three steps (8 m, 3 m, 15 m) in a rugged large cirque | Wildlife expert | Valley of the Wild Gutach | 45 m | 20 m |
Southern Black Forest
Southern Black Forest : Region south of the Höllental (or alternatively the B 31 ), without the middle and lower Wutach Gorge (see Swabian-Franconian Forest, layered plains west of the Alb)
Surname | description | Place nearby | Region or river name | Total height |
Main case |
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Alpersbach waterfalls ( picture of the upper steps) | Inaccessible steep gorge with several, partly free falls | Höllsteig | Hell Valley | 60 m | 16 m |
Andelsbach waterfall ( picture ) | Several small steps | Laufenburg | Andelsbach | 4 m | 2 m |
Atzenbacher waterfalls ( picture ) | Cascades in the granite ( valley step ) | Riedichen ( Atzenbach ) | Schuhlochbach | 15 m | 3 m |
Birkinger waterfalls ( picture ) | Sliding cascades in the granite | Birkingen ( Albbruck ) | Volkenmoosbach ( Hotzenwald ) | 6 m | 1 m |
Bistenbach waterfall ( picture ) | Mostly sliding fall over the Trogtal wall | Breitnau | Bistenbach | 60 m | 50 m |
Breitnauer Bächle waterfall ( picture ) | Multi-stage fall over the Trogtal wall | Breitnau | Breitnauer Bächle ( Höllental ) | 55 m | 18 m |
Upper Buselbach waterfall ( picture ) | Double step in a gorge ( ice age valley step) | Oberried | Schwarzenbach ( Buselbach ) | 13 m | 8 m |
Lower Buselbach waterfall ( picture ) | Two steps in rock notch | Oberried | Schwarzenbach ( Buselbach ) | 15 m | 5 m |
Upper Dietlinger waterfall ( picture ) | Free fall in steep gorge with further steps | Dietlingen | Grossbach | 31 m | 15 m |
Pale waterfall ( picture ) | Several steps, upper 15 m, lower 10 m into the trough valley of the meadow | Todtnau -Fahl | Rotenbach ( Wiesental ) | 45 m | 19 m |
Falkau waterfall ( picture ) | Two steps into a large whirlpool, rich in water | Altglashütten / Falkau | Haslachtal (Mühlinger Tal) | 8 m | 6 m |
Feldsee waterfall ( picture ) | Three steps of granite porphyry corridor in the Kar wall of the Feldsee | Feldberg | Seebach | 60 m | 25 m |
Fischbach waterfalls ( picture ) | Three steps in the granite | Zell im Wiesental | Fischbach | 13 m | 4 m |
Gersbach waterfall ( picture ) | Steps in a torrent rich in water | Gersbach (Schopfheim) | Wehra Gorge | 8 m | 6 m |
Häger waterfall ( picture above , picture below ) | Several steps (9 m, 5 m, 10 m), some in steep gorge | Häg-Ehrsberg | Angenbachtal | 40 m | 10 m |
Haldenbächle waterfall ( picture ) | Branched cascades over block heap | Oberried (Breisgau) | Buselbachtal | 15 m | 1 m |
Haselbach waterfall ( picture ) | Free fall step into a large stilling basin | Weilheim (Baden) | Haselbach | 14 m | 14 m |
Waterfalls of the Hinterwildbodenbächle ( picture ) | Sequence of two steps from Felsengen | Coined | Hinterwildbodenbächle | 20 m | 3 m |
Upper Höllbach waterfall ( picture ) | Free fall step over granite transoms | Görwihl | Horn tunnel ( Albschlucht ) | 7 m | 5 m |
Lower Höllbach waterfall ( picture ) | Free fall step over granite transoms | Görwihl | Horn tunnel ( Albschlucht ) | 9 m | 8 m |
Höll waterfalls ( picture ) | Cascades over granite steps | Pfaffenberg ( Zell im Wiesental ) | Biegenbach | 22 m | 4 m |
Waterfall at the Ibacher Kluse ( picture ) | Single stage (dehydration) | St. Blasien | Steinenbach | 4 m | 2 m |
Klemmbach waterfalls ( picture ) | Fall levels (dehydration) in a narrow Kerbtal | Neuenweg | ( Heubronner ) Klemmbach (Valley of the Small Meadow ) | 6 m | 2 m |
Krai-Woog-Gumpen ( picture ) | Step into one of several large vortex pots | Lindau ( Todtmoos ) | Schwarzenbächle | 3 m | 3 m |
Krebsbach waterfall (Burghalde waterfall; picture ) | Partly free fall step in quarry | Krenkingen | Steinatal | 31 m | 28 m |
Krunkelbach Falls ( picture ) | Three partly free steps, hardly accessible | Menzenschwand | Kriegsbach (Krunkelbachtal) | 15 m | 2 m |
Lehnbach waterfalls ( map , the falls on the left; picture ) | Four steps over a ravine wall under the Wieladingen castle ruins | Murg | Lehnbach ( Hauensteiner Murgtal ) | 45 m | 10 m |
Waterfalls of the Lotenbach ( picture ) | Four waterfalls in the granite, 4 m to 8 m | Schattenmühle ( Bonndorf ) | Lotenbachklamm ( Wutach Gorge ) | 50 m | 8 m |
Waterfall in the Lotenbachklamm ( picture ) | Partly free fall over a granite wall with tufa limestone formations | Schattenmühle ( Bonndorf ) | Lotenbachklamm | 35 m | 30 m |
Waterfalls in Maria-Loch ( picture ) | Sequence of 2 individual cases and a double stage | Menzenschwand | Menzenschwander Alb | 50 m | 9 m |
Menzenschwander waterfalls ( picture ) | Artificial free fall (side stream): 8 m; two natural falls: each 5 m; in a short gorge | Menzenschwand | Menzenschwander Alb | 20 m | 8 m |
Mettma case ( picture ) | Water-rich single stage | Berau (Ühlingen-Birkendorf) | Mettma | 3 m | 3 m |
Multen waterfall ( picture ) | Individual case in a high valley basin | Aitern | Aiternbach | 3 m | 3 m |
Upper Murg fall (at the Heidenschmiede; picture ) | Water-rich single stage | Wieladingen ( Rickenbach ) | Hauensteiner Murg ( Hotzenwald ) | 5 m | 3 m |
Lower Murg fall (at the Murgpfadtunnel; picture ) | Water-rich single stage | Wieladingen ( Rickenbach ) | Hauensteiner Murg ( Hotzenwald ) | 5 m | 2 m |
Murg waterfall in Murg ( picture ) | Sliding fall, rich in water | Murg | Hauensteiner Murg ( Hotzenwald ) | 3 m | 2 m |
Peterlgraben waterfall ( picture ) | Branched, partly sliding single stage | Weir | Wehra Gorge | 30 m | 10 m |
Prägbach Fall at Bernauer Kreuz ( picture ) | Graduated fall in the Ice Age valley | Präg / Bernau | Prägbach | 6 m | 6 m |
Prägbach cascades near the Präger floors | Torrent in front of the Ice Age valley basin | Präg / Bernau | Prägbach | 9 m | 1 m |
Prägbach cascades at the goat grove ( picture ) | Small double stage in Talkerbe | Präg / Bernau | Prägbach | 2 m | 1 m |
Great Prägbach Fall ( picture ) | Partly free fall with a large pool | Präg / Bernau | Prägbach | 11 m | 6 m |
Prägbach cascades on the Geschwenderholz | Sliding steps between round bumps | Coined | Prägbach | 4 m | 2 m |
Reichenbächle waterfalls | Three isolated cases in the granite gorge | Gündelwangen ( Bonndorf ) | Reichenbächle (Upper Wutach Gorge ) | 7 m | |
Rickenbach waterfalls ( picture ) | Two free steps into the lower Alb gorge | Albbruck | Alb valley | 35 m | 15 m |
Roodbach waterfall | Mostly sliding double case, changed by debris flow in 2018 | Chapel | Haslach Gorge | 7 m | 3 m |
Rötenbach waterfall ( picture ) | Two steps in the granite | Rötenbach | Rötenbach ( Wutach Gorge ) | 6 m | 3 m |
Ruschbach Falls ( picture ) | Two steps over shell limestone banks | Grenzach-Wyhlen | Ruschbach ( Dinkelberg ) | 17 m | 6 m |
Sägbach waterfall ( picture ) | Several steps, hardly accessible | Gündelwangen ( Bonndorf ) | Sägbach ( Wutach Gorge ) | 40 m | 7 m |
Sägenbach waterfall ( picture ) | Structured single level | Wembach | Sägenbach (Böllenbachtal) | 6 m | 3 m |
Scheuergraben waterfalls ( picture ) | Small cascades in a steep torrent | Weir | Wehra Gorge | - | 2 m |
Seebach waterfall ( picture ) | Two notched steps in a wide valley | Hinterzarten | Seebach (Wutach) | 5 m | 3 m |
Upper Steinwasen waterfall ( picture ) | Small cascades in the valley | Oberried | Buselbach | 14 m | 3 m |
Lower Steinwasen waterfall ( picture ) | Free single step, stilling basin | Oberried | Buselbach | 3 m | 2 m |
Jet burst ( image ) | Free, water-rich fall into the Murg gorge | Rickenbach | Seelbach ( Hauensteiner Murgtal ) | 13 m | 13 m |
Devil's Cauldron ( picture ) | Free fall from a short gorge into wide rock basins | Weilheim | Haselbach | 9 m | 9 m |
(Hinter-) Todtmooser waterfall ( picture ) | Three steps down into the Todtmoos valley basin | Hintertodtmoos | Rüttebach ( Wehratal ) | 40 m | 8 m |
Todtnauer (Hangloch) waterfall ( picture ) | Four steps, some of them free, and a waterfall from a hanging valley that can be seen from afar | Todtnauberg | Stübenbach | 97 m | 60 m |
Tusculum waterfall ( picture ) | Two waterfall steps in a short rock face near the city | St. Blasien | Alb | 3 m | 2 m |
Wannenbach waterfall ( picture ) | Two partly sliding levels | Berau |
Schwarzhalden - gorge |
30 m | 12 m |
Warmbach waterfall ( picture ) | Estuary into the Upper Rhine | Rheinfelden | Warmbach | 6 m | 5 m |
Windberg waterfall ( picture ) | Waterfall at the exit of a hanging valley | St. Blasien | Windbergbach Albtal | 6 m | 6 m |
Wolfsschlucht waterfalls ( picture ) | Three steps at the confluence with the Wehra | Dead moss | Schwarzenbach (Sägebach) | 20 m | 4 m |
Wolfsgraben waterfall | Single stage | Rheinfelden | Wolf pit | ||
Cascades in the Zastler Loch ( picture ) | Several individual cases, some hardly accessible | Zastler ( Kirchzarten ) | Zastlerbach ( Feldberg ) | - | 3 m |
Swabian Alb
(Unlike the Franconian Alb, the list does not include the Keuper Hills in the northwest.)
The Swabian Alb (like the Franconian Alb ), as the largest karst area in Germany, has waterfalls only in the lower parts because of the largely underground drainage. The height and ruggedness of the Swabian Alb are therefore hardly relevant for the frequency of waterfalls. Falls over limestone tufa terraces, which are formed at source outlets by carbonate precipitation , are typical . They partially seal off the fissured rock and thus stabilize the outflow of springs at a high altitude, particularly noteworthy at the Urach waterfall . Some temporary cascades and waterfalls under spring caves, which only flow when the water table is high, are spectacular , such as the Elsachbröller or the Teufelsklinge waterfall near Heubach. In the rivers, too, there are low but water-rich falls over tufa limestone sills ( Hoher Gießel ).
Incidentally, isolated limestone tuff waterfalls also occur in other smaller limestone areas such as in parts of the Eifel ( Dreimühlen ), the Bergisches Land ( Neandertal ) or the Weser / Leinebergland ( Großbartloff , Ockensen ).
Many other falls, mostly at a lower level, were caused by hard rock banks over easily clearable material ( Zillhauser waterfall or the once very watery Wutachfall ).
At the foot of the Swabian Alb, the water-rich streams of the Alb traverse the layers of the Brown and Black Jura, including tough ones with thicker, softer underlay such as the waterfall layers . At the foot of the Alb there are therefore many beautiful waterfalls with a typical height of around six meters ( Starzelfall , Gönninger Wasserfall , Eyach-Laufen ), sometimes in small gorges that are barely noticeable and cut into wide valley floors.
Surname | description | Place nearby | Region or river name | Total height |
Main case |
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Aufhausener waterfall | Several cascades over tufa formations | Geislingen an der Steige Aufhausen, Bad Überkingen | Autalbach | 3 m | |
Waterfall near Bronnweiler | Fall step in a meadow valley | Bronnweiler (near Reutlingen ) | Wiesaz | 3 m | 3 m |
Ditz waterfall | Main stage of a lime sinter cascade | Bad Ditzenbach | Ditz | 3 m | 3 m |
Drackensteiner waterfall ( picture ) | Free fall from lime sinter terrace | Drackenstein | Gos | 20 m | |
Dragoon Jump | One step | Pfullingen | Echaz | 3 m | 3 m |
Echazfall Volk'sche Mühle | One step | Pfullingen | Echaz | 3 m | 3 m |
Echaz cascades | Several small steps over the limestone tufa terrace | Honau | Echaz | 10 m | |
Waterfall on the Eichbergrutsch | Sliding fall over the tear-off edge | Achdorf ( Blumberg ) | 35 m | 35 m | |
Waterfall in the Ettengraben | Fall over the Weißjura bank | Jestetten | Wangental (Klettgau-Alb) | 3 m | 2 m |
Eye running | Free fall, rich in water | Running on the Eyach ( Albstadt ) | Eyach | 6 m | 6 m |
Fils waterfall ( picture ) | Cataract-like fall over limestone banks | Geislingen an der Steige - old town | Fils | 2 m | 2 m |
Pour -Waterfall ( image ) | Fall levels in the local situation over tufa limestone , (dehydration, rich in water in the rainy season) | Veringendorf | Lauchert | 15 m | |
Pouring at the city mill | Free fall step | Balingen | Eyach | 3 m | 3 m |
Gönninger waterfall ( picture ) | Fall level in the local situation | Gönningen (near Reutlingen ) | Wiesaz | 6 m | 6 m |
Cascades near the Gönninger lakes | Small falls over the steps of the former tufa extraction | Talmühle (near Genkingen ) | Wiesaz | - | 2 m |
Waterfall below the Gönninger lakes | Artificial sliding fall step | Gönningen (near Reutlingen ) | Wiesaz slope canal | 9 m | 9 m |
Big pour | One step | Linsenhofen ( Frickenhausen ) | Steinach | 3 m | 3 m |
Gütersteiner waterfall | Two main steps over limestone tufa terraces and former quarry walls | Bad Urach | Corn Valley | 20 m | |
Waterfall at the Heidenschlössle | While under the gutters | (Gutters) | |||
High Gießel ( picture ) | Fall over limestone tuff in a wide meadow valley, rich in water | Hayingen | Big louder | 4 m | 4 m |
Laufenmühle waterfall ( picture ) | Two steps over tufa | Lauterach (near Hayingen ) | Big louder | 6 m | 5 m |
Mittelbach waterfall | While under the gutters | (Gutters) | |||
Mössinger waterfall ( picture ) | Fall step at the bank of the Black Jura | Mössingen | Steinlach | 1.5 m | 1.5 m |
Neidlinger waterfall ( picture ) | Several steps over tufa formations | Neidlingen , Wiesensteig | Lindach | 15 m | 7 m |
Ofterdinger waterfall ( picture ) | Fall step on the bench of the Arietenkalkes | Ofter things | Steinlach | 2 m | 2 m |
Ölbach waterfall | Fall step on overhanging White Jurassic wall | Jestetten | Ölbach (Wangental) | 15 m | 15 m |
Rohrach waterfall ( picture ) | Two-stage case over lime sinter terrace | Geislingen an der Steige | Rohrach | 3 m | 3 m |
Rötelbach waterfalls | Lime sintering stages | Bad Ueberkingen | Rötelbach (Hell) | ||
Schleifebach waterfalls ( picture ) | Three main steps (banks of the Brown Jura ) in a steep gorge | Blumberg | Anger | 30 m | 9 m |
Seeburg waterfall | Single stage | Seeburg | Fleinsbrunnenbach ( Ermstal ) | 7 m | 7 m |
Sirchinger waterfall | One step | Bad Urach | Ermstal | 4 m | 4 m |
Starzel waterfall (Junginger Gieß; picture ) | Wide step from Wiesental in the small gorge | Schlatt (near Hechingen ) | Starzel (Killertal) | 8 m | 8 m |
Starzelfall Hechingen ( Litho ) | Free falling steps on the outskirts | Hechingen | Starling | 5 m | 4 m |
Talheimer waterfall ( picture ) | Torrent over blocks and tufa , small steps | Mössingen | Wangenbach | - | 1.5 m |
Waterfall of devil blade ( image ) | Falling free from the cave, episodic | Heubach | Tumbach (Daunbach) | 30 m | 30 m |
Urach waterfall | Free falling (37 m), then gliding over large tufa formations | Bad Urach | Maisental (Brühlbach) | 87 m | 37 m |
Wannental waterfall | Fall step below the meadow hollow | Stockenhausen (near Zillhausen ) | Wannental | 6 m | 6 m |
Zillhausen waterfall ( picture ) | Partly free fall step into a ravine on the outskirts | Zillhausen | Büttenbach | 26 m | 17 m |
Franconian Alb and adjacent stepland
(In contrast to the Swabian Alb, the list also includes the neighboring Keuperbergland)
As a large karst area, the Franconian Alb has only a few waterfalls due to the largely underground drainage, unlike the adjacent Keuper strata. Apart from the former Doos , most of them have very little water.
Surname | description | Place nearby | Region or river name | Total height |
Main case |
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Äpfelbach waterfall | Several steps on a notched tufa terrace | Egloffstein | Äpfelbach ( Franconian Alb ) | 3 m | 3 m |
Doos ( picture ) | Before 1860 3 m high tufa step, partially destroyed, dehydration | Doos | Aufseß ( Franconian Alb ) | 1 m | 1 m |
Edelbach waterfall | Single stage, episodic | Eichstatt | Edelbach | ||
Gauchsbach waterfall | Several steps, artificially created | Röthenbach near Sankt Wolfgang | Gauchsbach | 4 m | 4 m |
Hermannsbach waterfall | Free falling step | Mistelbach | Hermannsbach | 3 m | 3 m |
Sounding waterfall | Fall step over Rhät sandstone bench | Haimendorf | Hüttenbach Gorge | 5 m | 5 m |
Pfersag waterfall | Free falling step in the Rhaetian sandstone | Ebneth | Wet well (Teufelsgraben) | 3 m | 2 m |
Teufelsbadstube | Freely falling step over the Rhaetian sandstone bank into a pool | Kalchreuth | 2 m | 2 m | |
Devil church | Small steps over the Rhaetian sandstone | Altdorf | Side stream of the Schwarzach | 2 m | |
Teufelsgraben waterfall | Free falling step | Kulmbach | Devil's Trench | 3 m | 3 m |
Waterfall in the Vatsbrunn Graben | Free falling step | Veitlahm | Mainleus | 5 m | 5 m |
Wedenbach waterfall | Torrent over tufa with two steps | Streitberg | Wedenklamm ( Schauertal ) | 9 m | 2 m |
Wolfsschlucht waterfall | Free falling step | Wallersberg | Wolfsschlucht | 3 m | 3 m |
Swabian-Franconian Forest, layer level land west of the Alb
The Keuperbergland of the Swabian-Franconian Forest and the central Neckar have, in addition to some cases of larger streams, mostly around four meters high ( Lauffenmühle , Wieslaufschlucht , Hörschbach ), numerous mostly very arid falls over banks of reed and Stuben sandstone , also mostly four to five meters high. Deep caves have often formed behind it, often more impressive than the veil of droplets in front of it.
The shell -type regions have here and there in Engtälern small waterfalls of crossing hard benches on. The focus is on the middle and lower Wutach Gorge between the southern Black Forest and Albtrauf , with around 10 waterfalls, some over 20 meters high (except Schleifbach Falls and Eichbergrutsch : see Swabian Alb).
Surname | description | Place nearby | Region or river name | Total height |
Main case |
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Achdorf waterfall (Letterngraben waterfall) | Fall step over shell limestone banks | Blumberg | Letterngraben ( angry flare ) | 5 m | 4 m |
Alfdorf waterfall | Single stage | Alfdorf | Mühlbach (Erlenwinkel) | 5 m | 5 m |
Anhauser waterfall ( picture ) | Single stage | Anhausen ( Schwäbisch Hall ) | Schwarzenlachenbach (valley of the Bühler ) | 2 m | 2 m |
Waterfall at the blackbird | Sliding step on the main shell limestone bank | Münchingen | ( Wutach Gorge ) | 5 m | 5 m |
Bad Boll waterfall ( picture ) | Three-stage fall over shell limestone wall | Boll | ( Wutach Gorge ) | 33 m | 21 m |
Fountain Blade Waterfall | Free falling, scarce | Welzheim | (Secondary blade to the blind red ) | 6 m | 6 m |
Waterfall in the castle forest | Partly sliding fall over Muschelkalk - impact slope , arid | Bachheim | ( Wutach Gorge ) | 40 m | 30 m |
Donzdorf waterfall ( picture ) | Double step over Opalinus Clay layers in a small gorge | Donzdorf | volume up | 7 m | 6 m |
Muzzle drop of the can blade | Common fall step of flowing streams | Weidenbach ( Kaisersbach ) | Weidenbach and Otterbach | 5 m | 5 m |
Edenbach waterfall ( picture ) | Free falling main stage | Laufenmühle (near Welzheim ) | Edenbach | 7 m | 6 m |
Finsterbach Falls ( picture ) | Series of 4 small cases in the narrow valley | Oberscheffach ( Ilshofen ) | Finsterbach | 22 m | 8 m |
Föllbach waterfall ( picture ) | Fall step in the Rhaetian sandstone | Hardt (near Wolfschlugen ) | Foellbach | 5 m | 4 m |
Trout jump ( picture ) | Free falling | Langenberg (near Welzheim ) | Burgsteigklingen- bach |
5 m | 5 m |
Waterfall near Frickenhausen | (Arid) | Frickenhausen ( Nürtingen ) | (Tiefenbachtal) | 10 m | 4 m |
Gauchach cascades ( picture ) | Follow small cascades over the banks of the Upper Muschelkalk | Mundelfingen | Gauchach Gorge | - | 1.5 m |
Waterfall on the Greut | (Arid) | Beuren | |||
Grunbach waterfall ( picture ) | Free falling | Grunbach (Remshalden) | Grunbach | 4 m | 3 m |
Muzzle drop of the chopping blade | Common cascade of flowing streams in rock basins | Possible | (Chopping blade) | 3 m | 3 m |
Heslacher waterfalls | Several small stages (arid) | Stuttgart | (Pagan blade) | ||
High rock ( picture ) | Individual case (low in water) over banks of the red sandstone | Reicholzheim | Steppbachsgraben (Steppachsklinge) | 8 m | 8 m |
Hollow stone | Small fall over grotto | Desert red | Klingenbach | 6 m | 5 m |
Hohteichklinge waterfall ( picture ) | Two-stage fall over banks of the Upper Muschelkalk | Unteraspach ( Ilshofen ) | Hohteichbach ( Haller level ) | 8 m | 6 m |
Holderstein waterfall | Free falling over the grotto | Hohengehren | Klingenbach | 10 m | 6 m |
Rear Hörschbach waterfalls ( picture ) | Two neighboring waterfalls in the beginning of the gorge | Murrhardt | Mähderbach and Langenwaldbach before the confluence to the Hörschbach | 12 m | 10 m |
Front Hörschbach waterfall | Free falling, horseshoe-shaped step | Murrhardt | lower Hörschbach gorge | 6 m | 6 m |
Immenbächle waterfall ( picture ) | Step at the shell limestone bank | Unadingen | Gauchach Gorge | 3 m | 2 m |
Main case of the box blade | Free falling | Cell | (Box blade) | 7 m | 4 m |
Side case of the box blade | Free falling | Cell | (Box blade) | 5 m | 5 m |
Kesselgrotte waterfall | Free falling over the grotto, poor in water | Welzheim | (Cauldron grotto) | 8 m | 8 m |
Kühseich | Almost free falling over Stubensandstein | Sulzdorf ( Hüttlingen ) | Filgenbach | 8 m | 8 m |
Running waterfall | Free falling | To run | Nägelesbach | 5 m | 5 m |
Perforated blade | Several small waterfalls | Öschelbronn ( Berglen ) | (Perforated blade) | - | 1.5 m |
Mundelfinger waterfall ( picture ) | Free falling over a protruding ariet limestone bench | Mundelfingen | Aubächle ( Wutach Gorge ) | 8 m | 8 m |
Gorge of the Upper Murr | Three waterfalls | Käsbach | Murr | - | 3 m |
Nägelesbach waterfall | Falling freely over Fleins benches | Aichenrain ( Sulzbach-Laufen ) | Nägelesbach | 5 m | 4 m |
Oberboihinger waterfall | Oberboihingen | Marbach (Neckar Valley) | 1.5 m | 1.5 m | |
Pfrondorf waterfall | Single stage | Pfrondorf near Tübingen | Haldenbach | 4 m | 3 m |
Waterfall on the Rümmelesteg | Multi-tiered, partly freely falling, main shell limestone | Münchingen ( Wutach (municipality) ) | ( Wutach Gorge ) | 40 m | 30 m |
Waterfall in the Schelmengraben | Free falling over the Gryphä limestone bank, arid | Mundelfingen | (Schelmengraben, Wutachschlucht ) | 7 m | 7 m |
Waterfall at the Schelmenhalde ( picture ) | Schleierfall over tufa on the hiking trail | Reiselfingen | ( Wutach Gorge ) | 5 m | 3 m |
Waterfall of rogue blade | Artificial fall step | Lorch | (Lateral blade of the Götzenbach ) | 10 m | 10 m |
Schleifbach blade ( picture ) | Artificial fall step with calcareous sinter formation | Gottwollshausen (near Schwäbisch Hall ) | Schleifbach | 10 m | 9 m |
Strümpfelbach waterfalls ( picture ) | Fall steps in colored marls and silica sandstone | Strümpfelbach Weinstadt | Strümpfelbach | 4 m | |
Lintel | Free fall over shell limestone wall with tufa cantilever | Blumberg | ( Angry flare ) | 15 m | 15 m |
Sulzbacher waterfall ( picture ) | Free fall over the hard Corbula bench (formerly: Engelhofer Platte) in the Mittelkeuper | Bröckingen | Eisbach | 2 m | 2 m |
Tannegger waterfall ( picture ) | Fall over calcareous sinter formation on shell limestone wall | Boll | Tannegger Bach ( Wutach Gorge ) | 22 m | 9 m |
Waterfall in the Taubenbachtal | Free fall | Börtlingen | Taubenbach | ||
Waterfall in the Taubental ( picture ) | Free fall over the sandstone bench | Schwäbisch Gmünd | Wetzgau brook | 3 m | 3 m |
Waterfall in Trautenloh | Free fall (arm of water) | Beuren / Owen | 2 m | 2 m | |
Upper Tränkebach waterfall | Several steps in rock formations | Bachheim | Tränkebach (Engeschlucht, Wutachschlucht ) | 4 m | 2 m |
Lower Tränkebach waterfall | Often waterless fall step ( ponor in shell limestone ) | Bachheim | Tränkebach (Engeschlucht, Wutachschlucht ) | 2 m | 2 m |
Wertheim waterfall | Fall step over red sandstone bench | Wertheim | (Location Wertheim) | 3 m | 3 m |
Wieslauf case Laufenmühle | Free falling | Welzheim | Wieslauf | 6 m | 5 m |
Wieslauf-Falls Klingenmühle ( picture above ; picture below ) | Two falls with plenty of water, each 4 m | Welzheim | Wieslauf | - | 4 m |
Wieslauf case Sauerhöfle | Water-rich case transformed into a weir | Klaffenbach ( Rudersberg ) | Wieslauf | 3 m | 3 m |
Running anger ( picture ) | Two once very water-rich steps (strong water withdrawal) over shell limestone banks | Unterlauchringen ( Lauffenmühle ) | Wutach | 6 m | 4 m |
Zipfelbach waterfall | Single stage | Breuningsweiler | Zipfelbach | 2 m | 2 m |
Palatinate Forest and Odenwald
This region encompasses the sister mountains Palatinate Forest and Odenwald across the Upper Rhine Rift and includes extensive peripheral areas that extend from the Saarland over the Westrich to the Spessart . Small, mostly arid steps predominate in small notched valleys of the red sandstone . In general, the red sandstone areas of southern Germany are poor in waterfalls. The cascade staircase of the Margarethenschlucht on the lower Neckar is one of the highest waterfalls in Germany .
Surname | description | Place nearby | Region or river name | Total height |
Main case |
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Waterfall in the Atzbach valley | Gersbach (near Pirmasens ) | ( Westrich ) | |||
Waterfall in the Elendsklamm | Fall step over a red sandstone bench | Bruchmuehlbach | Frohnbach | 2 m | 2 m |
Fallenbach waterfall | Three-part fall step, artificially guided over a cliff | Laudenau (near Reichelsheim ) | Neunkircher Höhe (Odenwald) | 8 m | 8 m |
Karlstal Gorge | Several small steps into a low-grade, low gorge | Trippstadt | Moosalbe ( Palatinate Forest ) | - | 1 m |
Seltenbach Gorge | Several very small steps in the red sandstone | Klingenberg | ( Spessart ) | - | 1 m |
Laudenbach waterfall | Fall step near the road | Laudenbach (Bergstrasse) | Laudenbach | 3 m | 3 m |
Margarethenschlucht waterfalls ( picture ) | Eight steps in the red sandstone (4 m, 9 m, 2 m, 4 m, 6 m, 9 m, 3 m, 10 m) | Neckargerach | Flursbach (in the Neckar - Prallhang ) | 110 m | 10 m |
Maisenbach waterfall ( picture ) | Single level in the Wiesental | Gamburg | Maisenbach ( Taubertal ) | ||
Waterfall from winter box | Sliding step in a former quarry | Winter box ( Lindenfels ) | ( Odenwald ) | 5 m | 3 m |
Wolf Gorge | Main fall stage drained | Zwingenberg | Neckarnebental ( Odenwald ) | - |
Rhön, Knüll and Vogelsberg
In these neighboring mountains, which are largely dominated by volcanic rocks, duct rocks and basaltic ceilings are often waterfall formers ( Teufelsmühle , Eisgraben waterfall ).
The same applies to the waterfalls of Allerheiligen and the Edelfrauengrab in the northern Black Forest or the Odersbacher waterfall in the Westerwald .
Surname | description | Place nearby | Region or river name | Total height |
Main case |
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Blitzenrod waterfall ( picture ) | Fallback of a commercial sewer, dry at times | Blitzenrod ( Lauterbach ) | volume up | 6 m | 7 m |
Christeröder waterfalls ( picture ) | Fall over basalt steps (3 m), next to it artificial fall (7 m) | Christerode | Buchenbach ( Knüll Mountains ) | 7 m | 7 m |
Eisgraben waterfall ( picture ) | Fall step over plateau edge made of basalt | Hausen | Aschelbach ( Rhoen ) | 4 m | 4 m |
Disbach waterfall | Several levels of fall | Riedenberg | Hirschgraben ( Rhön ) | 3 m | |
Waterfall in the Hirschgraben | Mostly little water, red sandstone | Riedenberg | ( Rhön ) | ||
Cascade Gorge | Several small cascades over red sandstone benches | Gersfeld | Feldbach ( Rhoen ) | - | 1 m |
Nidda Fall ( picture ) | Double stage | Bulkheads | Nidda ( Vogelsberg ) | 2 m | 2 m |
Mermaid fall | Free falling step in mermaid pond | Roth | Oberelsbacher Graben ( Rhön ) | 1 m | 1 m |
Waterfalls of the Schwarzbach | Several waterfalls ( Teufelsmühle: see there) | Bischofsheim | Schwarzbach ( Rhoen ) | - | 5 m |
Waterfalls in the Spring ( picture) | Cascades over the former travertine mining edge | Fischbach / Rhön | Sommertal ( Vordere Rhön ) | 11 m | 2 m |
Stepping stone waterfall ( picture ) | Free falling step over sandstone bank | Graefendorf | Tretstein Gorge ( Rhön ) | 3 m | 3 m |
Teufelsmühle waterfall ( picture ) | Free falling step over basalt edge | Bischofsheim | Schwarzbach ( Rhoen ) | 5 m | 5 m |
Rhenish Slate Mountains
Rhenish slate mountains , here in the narrower sense, i.e. Hunsrück, Taunus, Eifel and Westerwald with surrounding mountains, but without Rothaar Mountains (see Weser and Leinebergland, Rothaar Mountains ).
Like the Harz or the Ore Mountains, the Rhenish Slate Mountains are an area with predominantly metamorphic rocks, but of lower altitude and an even more pronounced plateau character. A special feature is the strong current uplifting tendency (similar to that in the Black Forest), together with a sharp-edged fragmentation by large rivers with high erosion (Rhine, Mosel, Lahn). Most rivers and streams have barely been able to keep up with their deep erosion and repeatedly feature steep gorges with many, mostly small, waterfalls. There is a similar situation on the southeastern roof of the Black Forest. The rivers form only low waterfalls, mostly over hard rock banks ( Kleine Kyll or Brohlbach in the Eifel , formerly Saynbach near Neuwied ), some (sometimes only cataract-like) falls are caused by the capping of valley meanders ( Sommerau waterfall in the Hunsrück, Aar waterfall in the Taunus , Pyrmont waterfall in the Eifel, Siegfall ). In numerous hidden, partly pathless gorges there are torrents with waterfalls ( Tiefenbach Falls near Bernkastel , Kliding in the Eifel, Bornichbach in the Loreley Valley).
In the narrow valleys of the agrarian Gutland near Trier there are some beautiful waterfalls, mostly hidden over protruding sandstone banks ( Sirzenich waterfall , Butzerbach waterfalls ).
Surname | description | Place nearby | Region or river name | Total height |
Main case |
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Adolfseck waterfall ( picture , Merian stitch ) | Partly sliding fall step , artificial (piercing of the meander neck), dehydration | Adolfseck | Aar ( Taunus ) | 6 m | 6 m |
Upper waterfall in the Ahlbachtal ( picture ) | Fall over sandstone bank | Bitburg | Ahlbachtal (Kylltal) | 5 m | 5 m |
Lower waterfall in the Ahlbachtal | Fall over sandstone bank | Bitburg | Ahlbachtal (Kylltal) | 5 m | 5 m |
Ahlbachmühle waterfall | The mouth falls over the limestone tuff terrace | Bitburg | Kylltal | 10 m | 9 m |
Waterfall on the Beilstein | Level in difficult to access. Side valley | Attenhausen | Beilsteingraben (Jammertal, Hintertaunus) | 4 m | 4 m |
Billtal waterfall ( picture ) | Sliding steps, artificial (Roman?), Mostly dry | Koenigstein / Taunus | Rombach ( Taunus ) | 50 m | 7 m |
Bornichbach waterfall | Four- stage confluence with the Middle Rhine -Engtal | St. Goarshausen | Bornichbach | 20 m | 4 m |
Brohlbach waterfall | Shooting, free fall | Treis cards | Brohlbach (Moseleifel) | 4 m | 2 m |
Waterfalls in the Butzerbachtal (Ramsteiner Wasserfall) | Seven small waterfalls over sandstone banks | cord | Butschenbach ( Gutland ) | 55 m | 4 m |
Dortebach waterfall ( picture ) | Double step in a steep gorge | Clothes | Dortebachtal (Moseleifel) | 13 m | 6 m |
Dreimühlen waterfall (Drömmeler Sprötz) | Partly two-stage case over calcareous nose | Üxheim -Ahütte, Nohn | Ahbachtal ( Eifel ) | 8 m | 6 m |
Ehrbachklamm ( picture ) | Several small steps in a narrow gorge | Mermuth | Ehrbach (Hunsrück) | - | 1 m |
Elzbach -Waterfall ( Pyrmonter waterfall; image ) | Double, massive sliding waterfall | Roes (near Mayen ) | Elzbachtal (Moseleifel) | 6 m | 5 m |
Enz Falls Neuerburg ( picture ) | Water-rich, split case | Neuerburg | Enz ( Eifel ) | 4 m | 4 m |
Enz case in Zweifelscheid | Water-rich, wide step | Doubt decision | Enz ( Eifel ) | 2 m | 2 m |
Erdbach shrinkage | Sliding fall in shaft cave | Breitscheid (Westerwald) | Erdbach | 3 m | 3 m |
Galgenbach waterfall | Sliding fall in torrent opposite Loreley (820: antiliolus brook ) | St. Goar | Galgenbach (Upper Middle Rhine Valley) | 10 m | 10 m |
Gillenbach waterfall ( picture ) | Free falling over a sandstone wall, mostly dry | Trier - Pallien | Gillenbach ( Gutland ) | 20 m | 20 m |
Höllenloch (forester's steps; picture ) | Four mostly sliding steps (3 m, 5 m, 5 m, 2 m) in a gorge | Steinsberg (near Diez ) | Hellbach ( Lahn valley ) | - | 5 m |
Hölzbachklemm | Main stage in a small ravine | Haag (near Merscheid ) | Hölzbach ( Hunsrück ) | - | 3 m |
Hüttinger waterfall ( picture ) | Partly free fall step in local position | Hüttingen / Kyll | Kylltal ( Eifel ) | 6 m | 5 m |
Irreler waterfalls | Cataract (no waterfalls) over rock debris | Prümzurlay at Irrel | Prüm ( Eifel ) | 5 m | 0.5 m |
Isenburg waterfall (former) | Waterfall step next to the road, Nov. 2008 removed | Isenburg | Sayn ( Westerwald ) | 3 m | 3 m |
Waterfall at the Käsegrotte / Elfengrotte ( picture ) | Sliding estuary falls over columnar basalt | Bad Bertrich | Elbesbach ( Üßbach Valley) | 20 m | 4 m |
Waterfalls of the Kimmlinger Bach | cord | Kimmlinger Bach ( Gutland ) | - | ||
Waterfalls of the Kleine Kyll (Horngrabenfall; picture ) | Two small steps over old lava flow | Manderscheid | Little Kyll ( Eifel ) | 3 m | 1 m |
Kreuzbachklamm | Two steps in a steep gorge | Bingerbrück | Upper Middle Rhine Valley | - | 5 m |
Waterfall on the Lapigtbach | A major level | Biesdorf (near Wallendorf ) | Lapigtbach ( Eifel ) | 20 m | 5 m |
Laubach waterfall | Artist elevated single step over torrent section | Melsbach (near Neuwied ) | Laubachtal ( Westerwald ) | 20 m | 3 m |
Leuk Fall (Saarburg waterfall; picture ) | Three steps in the rerouted stream, inner-city | Saarburg | Leuk ( Saar Valley ) | 11 m | 7 m |
Löscherbach Gorge | Steep gorge with small cascades | Senheim | Löscherbach (Moselle valley) | - | 3 m |
Morgenbachtal | Four individual cases, mostly free falling (2 m, 2 m, 2 m, 7 m) | Morgenbachtal (near Niederheimbach ) | Morgenbach ( Upper Middle Rhine Valley ) | - | 7 m |
Naurother waterfall | Sliding angled drop step | Nauroth | Wispertal ( Taunus ) | 4 m | 3 m |
Neidenbach waterfalls | Small sliding falls | Neidenbach ( St. Thomas ) | Heilenbach ( Eifel ) | ||
Nenderother waterfall ( picture ) | Partly free steps down from the basalt plateau | Odersberg ( Mengerskirchen ) | Leyenbach ( Westerwald ) | 10 m | 4 m |
Neumühle waterfall | Free fall in rock pools | Tünsdorf (near Mettlach ) | Steinbach (Saar loop) | 6 m | 5 m |
Nineteen holes | Fifteen steps, four of which are over 3 m | Attenhausen | Jammertal (Hintertaunus) | 40 m | 3 m |
Odershausen waterfalls | Free falling 4 meters, sliding 10 meters | Bad Wildungen | Sonderbach ( Kellerwald ) | 20 m | 10 m |
Waterfall of the Palatinate Bach | Fall step in Kerbtal | Röhl | Palatinate Bach ( Gutland ) | 2 m | 1 m |
Pulsbach Gorge | Three waterfalls (3 m, 7 m, 2 m) | Pulsbach (near Kestert ) | Pulsbach (Upper Middle Rhine Valley ) | - | 7 m |
The intoxication ( picture ) | Forked main stage | Müllenbach / Maria Martental Monastery | Wilde Endert ( Eifel ) | 7 m | 5 m |
Rauschkümpel ( picture ) | Split case level | Enkirch | Steierbachtal ( Hunsrück ) | 3 m | 2 m |
Ruppertsklamm | Torrent with a main stage | Niederlahnstein | Lahn valley | - | 3 m |
Schießlay (Klidinger or Beurener waterfall) | Three sliding levels | Beuren | Endebach ( Eifel ) | 28 m | 20 m |
Waterfall in the Schweizertal | Fall step next to the road | St. Goarshausen | Forstbach (Upper Middle Rhine Valley ) | 1.5 m | 1.5 m |
Soul creek cascades | Torrent with small steps | St. Goar | Seelenbach (opposite Loreley ) | - | |
Victory waterfall | Cataract since 1860 after piercing the meander neck, dehydration | Stone (Schladern) | victory | 3 m | 1 m |
Waterfall of the Sirzenich brook ( picture ) | Sliding fall in forest canyon | Trier - Pallien | Sirzenicher Bach (Busental, Gutland ) | 5 m | 5 m |
Sommerau waterfall ( picture ) | Cataract in the meander cut, in local position | Sommerau | Ruwer ( Hunsrück ) | 2 m | 1 m |
Waterfall under Stolzenfels Castle | Created in the middle of the 19th century by Peter Joseph Lenné for the landscape park around the castle | Koblenz | Gründgesbach (Upper Middle Rhine Valley ) | ||
Stux -Waterfall ( information board ) | Fall step of a former mill ditch | Uncle | Hähnerbach am Stux (Unt.Middle Rhine Valley ) | 7 m | 7 m |
Taben waterfall | Sliding fall step | Taben-Rodt | Saar valley | 5 m | 5 m |
Tanzlay ( picture ) | Cascades over collapsed limestone banks | Hüttingen / Kyll | Daufenbach ( Eifel ) | 8 m | 4 m |
Waterfall in the Teufelsdell ( picture ) | Single stage across the porphyrite site in Kerbtal | Singhofen | Mühlbachtal | 4 m | 4 m |
Upper waterfall in the Tiefenbach valley | Free fall in a short gorge | Bernkastel | Tiefenbach (Moselle Valley) | 8 m | 7 m |
Lower waterfalls in the Tiefenbach valley | Two separate steps (3 m, 3 m) | Bernkastel | Tiefenbach (Moselle Valley) | - | 3 m |
Teardrop | Low water level with tufa formations | Wallendorf | Sauer Valley ( Eifel ) | 8 m | 8 m |
Waterfalls in the Trübenbach Valley | Several steps, some of them free | Kirn | Trübenbach ( Hunsrück ) | - | |
Waterfalls under the four lakes view | Cascades with three main stages, arid | Bremberg | Lahn valley | 20 m | 3 m |
Wasenbach waterfall ( picture ) | Single level in Wiesental | Wasenbach | Wasenbach ( Hintertaunus ) | 3 m | 3 m |
Wolfsschlucht waterfall ( picture ) | Free falling, changeable step over pumice stuff | Andernach - Bad Tönisstein | Tönissteiner Bach ( Vulkaneifel ) | 7 m | 5 m |
Zell waterfall | Free fall into a tube-like pool, in local position | Zell (Moselle) | Zeller Bach | 5 m | 5 m |
Thuringian Forest
In the higher low mountain ranges with predominantly metamorphic rocks ( e.g. gneiss , clay slate ) these are usually less resistant than in the mountains with predominantly crystalline rocks (see Bavarian Forest ), however, the slope debris and block masses are what the differences in the rock and thus approaches to form small waterfalls, less powerful. The relief forms are more restless, and more rarely also steep. Glacial forms are only partially well preserved (similar to the Hunau in the Rothaar Mountains ) and rarely have a larger proportion of waterfall formations ( Spitterfall , similar to the Plästerlegge in the Rothaar Mountains). Small waterfalls on hard rock banks predominate ( waterfall in the Kühlen Tal , similar to the Lonaufall in the Harz).
In the vicinity of Eisenach , conglomerate rocks of the Rotliegend predominate, in which extremely narrow gorges (Drachenschlucht) or grottos have formed with some waterfalls with mostly low water flow.
Significant artificial ornamental waterfalls are the Trusetal waterfall and the Luisental waterfall in the Altenstein Castle Park .
Surname | description | Place nearby | Region or river name | Total height |
Main case |
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Chrysoprase waterfall (waterfall at Lösches Hall, picture ) |
Weir known as a waterfall, rich in water | Bad Blankenburg | Schwarza | 1.5 m | 1.5 m |
Dragon Canyon waterfall ( picture ) | Free fall over the conglomerate wall into the narrow side gorge of the Dragon Gorge | Eisenach | Dragon Gorge (Annatal) | 5 m | 5 m |
Dark hole | Sturzbach over valley step from Breiten Grund into Schortetal | Ilmenau | Breitengrunder Bach ( Schorte ) | - | 1 m |
Waterfall in the cool valley | Sliding step above porphyry - transition closely wooded valley | Friedrichroda | Reed water | 2 m | 2 m |
Luisentaler Wasserfall (Altensteiner Wasserfall) |
Around 1800 artificially created drop step into a park pond | Schweina | Altensteiner Park | 8 m | 7 m |
Waterfall in the Marktal ( picture ) | Waterfall on the western wall of the Marktal valley | Ilmenau | Schortetal | ~ 30 m | |
Waterfall in a roller ( picture ) | Small waterfall in a gorge | Tambach-Dietharz | Schmalwassertal | 2 m | 1 m |
Spitterfall ( picture ) | Four sliding drop steps on porphyry - transitions in glacial valley level | Tambach-Dietharz | Ebertswiese (Spitter) | 19 m | 4 m |
Dripping stone | Trickle fall over grotto in conglomerate gorge | Eisenach | Ludwigsklamm | ||
Trusetal waterfall | Two-stage case created in 1865, the lower part sliding | Truse Valley | Truse | 58 m | 50 m |
Wolfsschlucht waterfall | Small waterfall in a gorge-like forest valley ( ice age valley step) | Tambach-Dietharz | Mean water bottom |
Elbe Sandstone Mountains, Ore Mountains and Vogtland
The Elbe Sandstone Mountains have the highest density of vertical walls in the low mountain range. Some of the waterfalls are over ten meters high and almost all of them are free-falling.
The Ore Mountains , on the other hand, have the poorest number of waterfalls in Germany's higher mountain ranges. They are predominantly the result of human activity.
Surname | description | Place nearby | Region or river name | Total height |
Main case |
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Blackbird Falls ( painting ) | Main stage falling freely into a sandstone gorge, redesigned | Rathewalde | Grünbach ( Amselgrund ) | 15 m | 10 m |
Beuthenfall ( picture ) | Falling freely over sandstone walls between old buildings | Bad Schandau | Beuthenbach ( Kirnitzschtal ) | 12 m | 12 m |
Blauenthaler waterfall | From an old industrial slope canal, natural, partly freely falling waterfall | Blauenthal | Bockautal (Ore Mountains) | 30 m | 12 m |
Gelobtbach waterfall ( picture ) | Free fall in a narrow sandstone gorge (border with the Czech Republic ) | Nice | Gelobtbach | 7 m | 5 m |
Waterfall in the broken wood pinge | Small waterfall in a pinge | Geyer | (Ore Mountains) | ||
Langenhennersdorfer waterfall ( picture ) | Upper step freely falling over sandstone wall (9 m, 2 m, 2 m) 50 ° 53 ′ 46 ″ N , 13 ° 59 ′ 34 ″ E | Langenhennersdorf | Langenhennersdorfer Bach ( Gottleubatal ) |
30 m | 9 m |
Lichtenhain waterfall ( picture ) | Close to the building, by diversion, heightened waterfall over sandstone rock overhang | Bad Schandau | Lichtenhainer Bach ( Kirnitzschtal ) | 7 m | 7 m |
Pehnafall (Behnefall) |
Below the edge of the village, falling almost freely into sandstone rock basins | Thürmsdorf ( Struppen ) | Pehna (Behne) | 20 m | 12 m |
Prießnitz waterfall ( picture ) | Sliding step in the hilly forest valley of the Dresdner Heide | Dresden | Priessnitz | 1 m | 1 m |
Crack cases | Rock notch (“crack”) created in 1579 with cascades | Hammer bridge | Upper Floßgraben (Ore Mountains) | - | |
Waterfalls at the scythe | Small waterfalls in sandstone canyon | Waitzdorf | (Deep reason) | - | |
Tiefenbach waterfall ( picture ) | Two-tier waterfall | Altenberg | Tiefenbach | 30 m | 15 m |
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The high resin with predominantly crystalline rocks or quartzites is noticeably poor in waterfalls. The gentle slopes and the few narrow valleys are mostly filled with blockwork, which (as in the Bavarian Forest ) makes it difficult for a bundled, erosive runoff. Smaller waterfalls occur only in the Karen and valley steps . Partly are also significant rejection levels steep Engtäler with mostly small waterfalls (resin northern edge), including the spectacular Grand Canyon of the Central German Uplands of Bodekessel .
Even the smallest waterfalls are often tourist destinations in the Harz Mountains. The largest waterfalls are artificially designed ( Romkerhaller waterfall , Radaufall ). Other waterfalls (similar to the Ore Mountains) have been preserved as a by-product due to economic reasons, mostly water falling back from old slope canals to hydropower plants or in quarries, such as the Spiegel Valley waterfalls , the Steinbach waterfall or the Königshütte waterfall .
Surname | description | Place nearby | Region or river name | Total height |
Main case |
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Cascades of excavation | Several small steps into the steep wall cirque | Altenau / Torfhaus | Buried | 20 m | 2 m |
Upper Bodefall ( picture ) | Torrent with small steps | Braunlage | Warm floor | 4 m | 1 m |
Lower floor fall ( picture ) | A small step | Braunlage | Warm floor | 2 m | 1 m |
Bodekessel ( picture ) | Step in a grandiose gorge (lowered by blasting in 1798), very rich in water | Thale | Bode | formerly 2 m | today 1 m |
Brake case | Torrent with small steps | Braunlage | Bremke | 1 m | |
Grumbach waterfall | Several small steps | Wild man | Grumbach | 20 m | 4 m |
Upper Ilse Falls ( picture ) | Several steps in the block-rich stream | Ilsenburg | Ilsental | 3 m | |
Lower Ilse Falls ( picture ) | Several steps in the block-rich stream | Ilsenburg | Ilsental | 3 m | |
Cascades on the Ilsenstein | Several small steps | Ilsenburg | Black trench | 9 m | 2 m |
Waterfall in the Kästental | Thale | Bodetal | |||
Little run | Several levels of fall | Hasserode | ( Holtemme valley) | 30 m | |
Koenigshütte waterfall | A free falling, artificial step (former keratophyr fracture) | Koenigshütte | Königshütter Graben (Steinbachtal) | 12 m | 12 m |
Lautenthaler waterfall | Fall step from restored slope canal | Lautenthal | Lautenthaler Kunstgraben ( Innerste Valley) | ||
Lonauer waterfall ( picture ) | Two steps in greywacke notch | Herzberg am Harz | Lonau ( Sieber Valley) | 10 m | 6 m |
Nabental waterfall | Torrent with two steps | Altenau | Clausthaler Flutgraben / hub | 40 m | 2 m |
Radau waterfall | Waterfall built over a cliff in 1859 | Bad Harzburg | Radau (river) slope canal | 22 m | 22 m |
Waterfall of the rough Kulmke | A small step | Altenau | Rough Kulmke | ||
Rehbach cascades | Several small steps from a torrent | Sankt Andreasberg | Odertal | 20 m | 2 m |
Romkerhaller waterfall ( picture ) | Waterfall built on a limestone cliff in 1863 with partly free steps | Goslar | Romke-Hangkanal ( Okertal ) | 64 m | 20 m |
Selke waterfall ( picture ) | Several small steps, rich in water | Harzgerode | Selke | 3 m | 1 m |
Waterfall of worry | A robbery bed channel | Concern | |||
Upper mirror valley waterfall | Predatory bed channel (pond overflow) with one step | Clausthal-Zellerfeld | 6 m | 2 m | |
Lower mirror valley waterfall ( picture ) | Free falling artificial step | Wild man | Slope canal in the mirror valley | 7 m | 7 m |
Steinbach waterfall ( picture ) | Free falling step (pond overflow) | Concern | Steinbach | 7 m | 6 m |
Stone race | Several steps in a steep gorge | Hasserode | Holtemme | 20 m | 3 m |
Tosborn waterfall | Torrent section | Sülzhayn | 6 m | 1 m |
Weser and Leinebergland, Rothaar Mountains
Rothaargebirge : including the surrounding mountainous regions, from the Bergisches Land to the Kellerwald
In addition to the southern German layer level land below the striking Jura plateaus (Alb plateaus), there are also landscapes with layer levels in the very diverse Weserbergland , where the alternation of hard and soft layers gave rise to the formation of a few waterfalls ( Langenfeld waterfalls in the Süntel , waterfall near the Stone mill ).
The tallest natural waterfall outside of southern Germany is the Plästerlegge ( Plätscherfels ) in the mighty Rothaar Mountains, which are poor in waterfalls.
Surname | description | Place nearby | Region or river name | Total height |
Main case |
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Aqueduct ( picture ) | Free fall from a ruined aqueduct into a ravine, created in 1792 | kassel | Park Wilhelmshöhe | 43 m | 43 m |
Brusekessel | Free falling into the stilling basin | Böddinghausen ( Plettenberg ) | Bommecke ( Lennegebirge ) | 2 m | 2 m |
Waterfalls near the castle | Torrent with steps | Remscheid | Valley of the Wupper | - | 2 m |
Fahrbach waterfall | Free fall over sandstone bank | Extertal | Fahrenbach (valley of the Exter ) | 4 m | 3 m |
Gatterbach waterfall (waterfall in Elfengrund; picture ) | Cataract over blocks and tufa formations | Wanfried | Gatterbach (Werra Valley) | 3 m | - |
Geislede waterfall (The Scheuche; picture ) | Initiated by diversion, free falling with natural dynamics | Heiligenstadt | Geislede | 7 m | 7 m |
Waterfall on the green lake | Three steps in the former quarry | Büscherheide | ( Wiehengebirge ) | 5 m | 2 m |
Hilkersiek waterfall ( picture ) | Free fall over sandstone banks, arid | Almena ( Extertal ) | Hilkersiek ( Exter Valley) | 6 m | 4 m |
Waterfall in hell | Double step over sandstone banks | Almena ( Extertal ) | Höllbach (right Exter tributary) | 5 m | 4 m |
Small cascades , Jussowkaskaden ( picture ) | Several steps from 1792 and 1798 | kassel | Park Wilhelmshöhe | 2 m | |
Great Langenfeld waterfall | First sliding, then falling freely | Langenfeld | Höllenbach (in the Süntel ) | 15 m | 15 m |
Small Langenfeld waterfall | Partly falling freely | Langenfeld | Höllengrund (in the Süntel ) | 20 m | 11 m |
Upper Laubach waterfall | Falling freely into a limestone quarry | Mettmann | Neandertal ( Bergisches Land ) | 10 m | 10 m |
Lower Laubach waterfall ( picture ) | Fall step moved back around 1905, today sliding, renewed tufa formation | Mettmann | Neandertal ( Bergisches Land ) | 4 m | 4 m |
Waterfalls at the Lutterspring | Three artificially altered small waterfalls | Königslutter am Elm | Lutter sources | - | 3 m |
Lutter waterfall ( picture ) | Several steps over tuff limestone in a small forest notch between the commercial area and the field | Großbartloff | Lutter | 10 m | |
New waterfall ( picture ) | Several cascading steps created in 1828, closed | kassel | Park Wilhelmshöhe | 40 m | |
Plästerlegge (Ramsbeck waterfall) | Almost free fall into a rocky valley basin | Waterfall (Bestwig) | Elpetal ( Rothaar Mountains ) | 30 m | 22 m |
Rickbach Waterfall (Great Waterfall) ( picture ) | Free fall over sandstone bank | Bremke ( Extertal ) | Rickbach (right Exter tributary) | 4 m | 3 m |
Steinhöfer waterfall (forest waterfall) ( picture ) | Sliding, fanned-out drop step created in 1793 | kassel | Park Wilhelmshöhe | ||
Waterfall at the stone mill ( picture ) | Two steps under karst spring, dehydration, mill wheels | Dölme | Upper Weser Valley | 15 m | 7 m |
Stroll (Cold Spring) | Single stage | Niedersfeld | Neuenhagensbach ( Rothaar Mountains ) | 3 m | 3 m |
Waterfall at the Devil's Bridge ( picture ) | Step laid in 1793, freely falling | kassel | Park Wilhelmshöhe | 10 m | 10 m |
Turkish source | free falling | Essen-Kettwig | on the L442 (near Kettwiger See ) | 5 m | 5 m |
Ockensen water tree | Tufa formations over former mill technology | Ockensen | Ith ( Leinebergland ) | 4 m | 4 m |
North German Lowlands
The northernmost waterfall area in Germany is the Stubnitz on Rügen with several small waterfalls that plunge over the chalk cliffs into the sea.
In the rest of the lowlands there are only smaller artificial waterfalls.
Surname | description | Place nearby | Region or river name | Total height |
Main case |
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Kiel waterfall ( picture ) | Mostly free estuary falls over Rügen's chalk - cliff coast | Sassnitz | Kiel Bach ( Stubnitz ) | 6 m | 4 m |
Waterfall in Klettenbergpark ( picture ) | Small, multi-stage case | Cologne-Klettenberg | Duffesbach ( Klettenberg Park ) | 4 m | 1.5 m |
Waterfalls at the stump chamber | Variable droplets over Rügen's chalk - cliff coast , partly tufa limestone steps | Wages | Source flow on Jasmund | - | 3 m |
Waterfall in Viktoria-Park Berlin ( picture ) | 1895 Artificially created so-called waterfall (pump operation) on the Kreuzberg , modeled on the Heynfall in the Giant Mountains | Berlin- Kreuzberg | Viktoriapark | 24 m | 3 m |
Artificial waterfalls and ruined waterfalls
For many reasons, waterfalls are landscape points with a high intensity of experience. Starting with the Rococo , naturally designed waterfalls were created from various cultural contexts . A well-known example is the Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe in Kassel, which once had seven waterfalls up to over 40 meters high (occasional water games ). Artificial waterfalls that require pumping are only part of a well system. Examples are the cascade in Viktoriapark , a Volksgarten in Berlin or the waterfall in the Alpinum of Essen's Grugapark . In this context, the Harz Mountains are remarkable, where every smallest waterfall has its own, sometimes faded, tourist tradition. The largest of them are artificial ( Romkerhall waterfall , bike crash ). The Trusetal waterfall and the Altensteiner Park waterfall in the Thuringian Forest are also important artificial waterfalls .
Other waterfalls have been preserved as a by-product for economic reasons, mostly water falling back from old slope canals to hydropower plants or in quarries (including the Spiegel Valley Waterfalls , Steinbach Waterfalls , Königshütte Waterfalls in the Harz Mountains, Blauenthal Waterfalls in the Ore Mountains , Saarburg Waterfalls in Saarburg ). The meander neck cuts from Dillweißstein in the northern Black Forest and from Bad Bertrich in the Eifel are so technical that, contrary to local usage, they are not to be regarded as waterfalls. The well-known Lechfall near Füssen is also just a drainage weir , but it was advertised as a spectacular waterfall before it was built.
On the other hand, economic reasons also led to the destruction of waterfalls, either through almost complete dehydration ( Raumünzachfall of the Schwarzenbach in the northern Black Forest since 1926, Wutachfall in Lauchringen since 1847) or through changes in the rock level through rock extraction ( Laubach - and Düsselfall in the Neandertal 1870–1890, Neckarlauf in Deißlingen- Lauffen, waterfall and lake of Seeburg in the Swabian Alb around 1634, Doos in the Franconian Alb around 1840) or by blasting for the Holztrift ( Bodekessel in the Harz region 1784). The Donnerloch near Brodenbach (Moselle) was only destroyed in the 1960s for the construction of a forest road.
There were once two spectacular rapids within Germany : The " Binger Loch ", which was blown in from the 17th century, initiated the removal of the Binger Reef , and the overflow of the Kleiner Laufen of the Hochrheins near Laufenburg (in contrast to the formerly known as the Großer Laufen near Schaffhausen / Neuhausen ) also removed the second rapids from 1908.
See also
literature
Sources are listed below that describe several waterfalls in Germany, mainly natural history aspects. There are numerous other titles, but most of them only name or describe a waterfall. They are not listed here, especially since many of them do not contribute more as evidence than the topographical and geological maps. Unfortunately, some of the information found in the literature about the dates and causes of waterfalls does not stand up to verification. When it comes to waterfalls , however, most of the information in the lists can be checked without any special knowledge or effort - and is therefore requested.
- Geographical-Cartographic Institute Meyer: Bavarian Forest (Meyer's natural guide). Meyers Lexikonverlag, Mannheim 1992, ISBN 3-411-07141-9
- Geographical-Cartographic Institute Meyer: Harz (Meyers Naturführer). Meyers Lexikonverlag, Mannheim 1992, ISBN 3-411-07201-6
- Geographical-Cartographic Institute Meyer: Northern Black Forest (Meyers Naturführer). Meyers Lexikonverlag, Mannheim 1989, ISBN 3-411-02774-6
- Geographical-Cartographic Institute Meyer: Nordwürttemberg (Meyers Naturführer). Meyers Lexikonverlag, Mannheim 1989, ISBN 3-411-07081-1
- Geographical-Cartographic Institute Meyer: Southern Black Forest (Meyer's natural guide). Meyers Lexikonverlag, Mannheim 1989, ISBN 3-411-02775-4
- J. Haas: White water pearls in the Black Forest, Jura and Vosges , Konstanz 1990
- L. u. E. Jedicke: Natural monuments in Baden-Württemberg , Hanover 1991
- M. Kittel: Natural monuments in Bavaria , Hanover 1993
- Lässing: Natural monuments in the Rems-Murr-Kreis , Waiblingen 1983
- F. Preschke: Waterfalls in Germany . Frank Preschke Verlag, Hannover 2001, ISBN 3-00-007346-9
- R. Reinicke: Jasmund National Park , Rostock 1993, ISBN 3-86167-050-X
- M. Schöttle: Geological natural monuments in the Karlsruhe district , Karlsruhe 1984
Web links
- Waterfalls in the Bavarian Alps
- Interactive map and photos of almost all waterfalls in the Black Forest
- Geotopes in Baden-Württemberg ( Memento from June 2, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
- Geotopes in Bavaria
- To search for categories in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region .
- Map to the waterfalls in the Swabian Franconian Forest
- Map to the waterfalls in the Lake Constance area