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 what was sticking in the literature. In any case, the pair of waterfalls that I’ve seen in my visit were each said to be about 10m high and they were each fronted by bridges. There may be more waterfalls further downstream but I was content to have my fix of the first two that I saw, especially given the heavy rain at the time.

From the spacious car park (see directions below), I followed a footpath that followed along the Auerbach downstream as it descended alongside the first of the Tatzelwurm Waterfalls. After about 150m from the car park, I found myself on a stone bridge standing right in front of what I called the Upper Tatzelwurm Waterfall, which possessed more of a twisting and sloping characteristic.

Continuing on the descent for another 140m or so, the trail made a bend towards the village of Tatzelwurm. However, shortly after that bend (before reaching the village), there was a spur trail on the right that descended a series of steps towards a wooden footbridge right in front of the Lower Tatzelwurm Waterfall. That bridge was the dead-end of this spur path.

The lower waterfall had more of a plunging characteristic accompanied by a smaller tier fronting it. In my mind, this was the more attractive of the two main drops of the waterfall that I saw. Again, given the rain during my visit, I had my fill of this falls then headed back the way I came to avoid any more potential for water damage on the camera.

Overall, I wound up walking about 800m round trip, and I spent about 40 minutes in the rain.

As far as nomenclature goes, I tend to refer to this waterfall in its plural form as the Tatzelwurm Waterfalls despite what the literature tends to prefer. That said, I’ve also seen this referred to as the Wasserfall Tatzelwurm as well as the Wasserfälle Tatzelwurm (the latter apparently in agreement with me about pluralizing the falls).