Schiessentumpel

The Schiessentumpel Cascade (more formally spelled Schiessentümpel was the lone waterfall attraction that we visited in the landlocked country of Luxembourg. It was quite the obscure waterfall though it was our excuse to explore this tiny country at the far western end of the Moselle Valley.

We also noticed some signage suggesting that this waterfall was also called Mullerthal Wasserfall because it sat in the Mullerthal Valley (which also happened to be referred to as Luxembourg’s Little Switzerland). I’ve also seen this waterfall referred to as Schéissendümpel Waterfall.

This triple-segmented waterfall was more of an example of where its size mattered less and its lush surroundings made up for its diminutive stature. Indeed, this falls was only said to be a mere 3-5m tall, yet it exposed us to a more naturesque part of this region as it was on the way to the Vianden Castle in the northern part of Luxembourg from Saarburg (across the border in Germany).

Once we got to the official car park (see directions below), we then walked towards the visitor center before following a trail that skirted around a campsite then followed the Route 121 for roughly 500m towards the roadside attraction itself. While there were other ways to reach this waterfall through other more scenic trails, we were forced into this roadside route due to apparent flooding that had damaged all other inland trails along the Ernz Noire Stream.

While we were pretty much limited to the views from the road and from atop the stone bridge right above the waterfalls themselves, there were other possible vantage points for a closer look provided the trail would be restored to re-enable access. So we didn’t linger around for too long before we returned the way we came.

Overall, this excursion took us about an hour at a very leisurely pace.