World of Waterfalls Blog
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Most recent blog posts (reverse chronological order):
Wildenstein Waterfall
The Wildenstein Waterfall was a free-falling 54m waterfall on the Wildensteinerbach at the foot of the Hochobir Mountain that was probably the southernmost of the Austrian waterfalls that we…
Finsterbach Waterfalls
The Finsterbach Waterfalls were a series of three waterfalls with heights of 23m, 21m, and 34m, respectively. To my knowledge, the first waterfall was called the namesake Finsterbachfall…
Myrafalle
Myrafalle (or more accurately Myrafälle) was a series of cascades and small waterfalls on the Myrabach. While the waterfalls themselves didn’t have the kind of scenic allure that most of the other…
Wasserlochklamm Waterfalls
The Wasserlochklamm Waterfalls were a series of waterfalls tumbling within a steep and narrow gorge in a pretty out-of-the-way (as far as the typical tourist route is concerned) part of North…
Waldbachstrub Waterfall
The Waldbachstrub Waterfall was a magical convergence of several waterfalls spilling right at the head of the Echerntal Valley where the Waldbachstrub Stream combined with some seasonal side…
Golling Waterfalls
The Golling Waterfalls consisted of a main waterfall, which turned out to be a lower waterfall, as well as a very concealed upper waterfall. That upper waterfall was concealed because it managed…
Bad Gastein Waterfall
The Bad Gastein Waterfall possessed a very interesting mix of a multi-drop series of waterfalls crashing and tumbling its way right through the historical spa town of Bad Gastein. And indeed…
Riesachfalle
Riesachfalle (or more accurately Riesachfälle) was a waterfall situated at the head of the Untertal Valley upslope from Schladming and Rohrmoos. It actually consisted of two waterfalls…
Steirischer Bodensee Waterfall
The Steirischer Bodensee Waterfall had to have been one of the most scenically situated waterfalls that I encountered on our epic Germany and Austria trip in the Summer of 2018. As you can see…
“These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things” (Austria – July 2, 2018 to July 16, 2018)
…even after trying to apply the brakes, I leaned too far backwards and managed to fall back onto the track. I felt something on my elbows immediately but I was more concerned about Tahia…
Muhlbach Waterfall
The Muhlbach Waterfall (Mühlbachfall; meaning “Mill Creek Falls” or “Mill Brook Falls”) was visible in plain sight while strolling the main drag through the beautiful lakeside UNESCO World…
Rothbachfall and the Koenigssee Waterfalls
Rothbachfall and the Konigssee Waterfalls (or Röthbachfall and Königssee, respectively, with the umlaut) were a series of waterfalls that we managed to experience in a singular excursion involving…
Josefsthaler Waterfalls
The Josefsthaler Waterfalls were kind of obscure in that there wasn’t a whole lot of literature devoted to it when I was doing my trip planning research. However, I found an opportunity to visit it…
Tatzelwurm Waterfall
The Tatzelwurm Waterfall was actually a pair of attractive waterfalls on the Auerbach (despite the singular name), but I’ve stuck with the singular reference to the falls since that seemed to be…
Kuhflucht Waterfalls
The Kuhflucht Waterfalls were a series of waterfalls said to have a cumulative height of 270m making this one of Germany’s tallest waterfalls. In my experience, though, it was hard to corroborate…
Leutaschklamm Waterfall
The Leutaschklamm Waterfall was at the bottom of the impressive Leutaschklamm Gorge, which was right at the Germany and Austria border near Mittenwald, Germany. Although the impressive gorge…
Hoellentalklamm Waterfalls
The Hoellentalklamm Waterfalls (or Höllentalklamm Wasserfälle in German) were my introduction to the kind of gorge hiking that turned out to be quite common throughout the mountains of Southern…
Poellat Gorge Waterfall
The Poellat Gorge Waterfall (or Pöllatschlucht Wasserfall in German) should have been one of the most breathtaking waterfalls in all of Germany. Indeed, it had the fortunate location sitting right…
Lechfall
Lechfall was a man-made waterfall spilling over a dam ladder on the Lech River built in the 18th century as a means of flood control. What made this waterfall stand out was the color of the river…
Scheidegger Waterfalls
The Scheidegger Waterfalls were a collection of fair-sized waterfalls all experienced from a single excursion within the Rohrach Gorge. The main waterfalls consisted of a 22m upper drop followed…