Thurffalls

47.20231 9.311771Coordinates: 47 ° 12 ′ 8 " N , 9 ° 18 ′ 42" E ; CH1903: 741,914 / 229623

Inflow of the falls

Under the name Thur waterfalls or Thurwasserfälle refers to the two-stage cascade of Säntisthur , one of the source fluxes of Thur.

location

The Thurffälle are located near Unterwasser SG in the municipality of Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland .

The upper level is known as the Upper Thurfall (Swiss waterfall number 16.1), the lower one as the Lower Thurfall (Swiss waterfall number 16.2). The total height of fall is 23 meters, of which 13 meters are attributable to the upper Thurfall and 10 meters to the lower Thurfall. The average flow rate is 830 l / s. The catchment area of the Säntisthur at the waterfalls is 19.5 km ² . After a long period of drought, the Thurf Falls can fall dry, especially in summer. The Säntisthur flows below the waterfalls through the Chämmerlitobel .

tourism

The Thurf Falls can be accessed by a hiking trail from Unterwasser through the Chämmerlitobel in an easy ten to fifteen minute hike . There are three viewing platforms . There is a gallery on the lowest level. Further vantage points can be reached through an illuminated rock tunnel with viewing windows, from which the lower Thurfall, the upper Thurfall, the Chämmerlitobel and the inflow to the waterfalls can be observed. The path and the galleries were opened up in 1927 by the underwater Ernst Waldburger .

Hiking trails lead from the Thurfällen in the direction of Älpli , to Alp Gamplüt , to Gräppelensee , to Säntis or back in the direction of Wildhaus SG and Unterwasser.