Raggaschlucht
The Raggaschlucht is a gorge in the Austrian Mölltal near the village of Flattach in Carinthia . The name comes from the Slovenian rak (= cancer).
It has been cut from the Raggabach into the Kreuzeckgruppe mountain range since the last glacial period . At around 800 meters in length, it is one of the shorter gorges in Austria, but one of the most impressive due to its particular narrowness and depth of up to 200 m. It is open to visitors throughout with footbridges, stairs and bridges. Display boards along the footbridge explain the formation and geology of the gorge. The dominant rocks in the gorge are paragneiss and mica schist . At the beginning of the gorge, a pegmatite intrusion forms a 10 m high step, over which the Raggabach falls in an impressive waterfall into the gorge.
The Raggaschlucht was opened to visitors for the first time in 1882 and may only be climbed uphill. It has been a natural monument since 1978 .
The wooden walkways in the gorge were destroyed in a storm in October 2018 . They were repaired again in spring 2019. The gorge was reopened on June 9, 2019.
Wooden walkways in the Raggaschlucht
Waterfall at the end of the Raggaschluchtweg
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Raggaschlucht: 200,000 euros for renovation. In: kaernten.orf.at . May 2, 2019, accessed May 7, 2019 .
- ↑ Raggaschlucht open again after months. In: kaernten.orf.at . June 9, 2019, accessed June 9, 2019 .
Coordinates: 46 ° 55 '39.1 " N , 13 ° 8' 29.8" E