Burgbachwasserfall

Photo: Alexander Migl · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

0.6km
Total Distance
104m
Elevation Gain

Trail description

A 0.6 km walk near Bad Rippoldsau-Schapbach from the Vor Burgbach car park up the Burgbach valley to the Burgbachwasserfall, whose 26 m main step, 15 m of it in free fall, makes it one of the highest free-falling waterfalls in Germany. In all the stream drops 32 m over a ledge of hard silicified sandstone lying on softer granite.

Route Map

Along the trail

  1. 1
    Burgbachfelsen
    at the end · Viewpoint
Bus stop
Bad Rippoldsau Burgbach Abzweigung · 22m from the start
Parking
29m from the start
Surface
natural ground 50%, gravel 33%, paved 17%
Marked route
Am Schrofen - Beim Burgbachwasserfall

Difficulty

1/5 · Very Easy