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Waterfalls of Alps & Central Europe
53 waterfalls across 7 countries in Alps & Central Europe, the hand-checked guides first. Filter by activity to find the ones that run what you want to do.
Seerenbach Falls
One of the highest total-drop waterfalls in Europe
Krimml Waterfalls
Tallest waterfall in the Alps
Gastein Waterfall
A waterfall running through the center of an Alpine spa town
Staubbach Falls
The waterfall that inspired a Goethe poem
Full guide Trümmelbach Falls
Glacier waterfalls you walk through inside the mountain — unique in Europe
Reichenbach Falls
The waterfall where Arthur Conan Doyle killed off Sherlock Holmes
Boka Waterfall
Slovenia's tallest waterfall
Savica Waterfall
Source waterfall of Lake Bohinj most-visited valley
Full guide Rhine Falls
Europe's largest plain waterfall by volume
Raggaschlucht
The Raggaschlucht is a gorge in the Austrian Möll Valley, near the village of Flattach in Carinthia. The name…
Geroldsau Waterfall
The Geroldsau Waterfall is a roughly six-metre-high waterfall on the Grobbach stream south of the Baden-Baden…
Myra Falls
The Myra Falls are located in a ravine in the municipality of Muggendorf in the Austrian federal state of…
Röthbachfall
The Röthbachfall is the highest waterfall in Germany, with a vertical drop of 470 metres . The waterfall is…
Gertelbach Falls
The Gertelbach Falls or Gertelbach Waterfalls , formerly also the Gertelbach Gorge , are on the Gertelbach…
Triberg Waterfalls
The Triberg Waterfalls are waterfalls near Triberg in the Black Forest in Baden-Württemberg . With a descent…
Pančava Waterfall
Pančava Waterfall or Pančavský Waterfall is the highest waterfall in the Czech Republic, boasting a total…
Rinka Falls
Rinka Falls is a waterfall in the Logar Valley, in the Municipality of Solčava in northern Slovenia. It is…
Engstligen Falls
The Engstligen Falls near Adelboden in the Bernese Highlands consists of two waterfalls, Engstligen Fall I &…
Schleierfall
The Schleier Waterfall or Schleierfall, also called the Schleier, is a waterfall on the Rettenbach stream on…
All Saints Waterfalls
The All Saints Waterfalls are located in the Black Forest on the territory of the town of Oppenau in the…
Kmeťov
Kmeťov is glacial waterfall in the High Tatras at about 1,245 metres in Poprad District, Slovakia. At about…
Siklawa Falls
Siklawa Falls is the highest waterfall in the Tatra National Park, Lesser Poland, dropping a total of 70…
Peričnik Falls
Peričnik Falls is a waterfall in Triglav National Park, Slovenia. The waterfall consists of two distinct…
Sankenbach Waterfalls
The Sankenbach Waterfalls are a cascade southwest of the village of Baiersbronn in the Black Forest in…
Black Lake Falls
Black Lake Falls is a waterfall located in the Tatra National Park, High Tatras, Poland, dropping a total of…
Šútovský vodopád
Šútovský vodopad is a waterfall in Slovakia located in the Malá Fatra mountains, 4 kilometres north of the…
Vodopád Skok
Vodopád Skok is a waterfall in Slovakia.
Kamieńczyk Falls
Kamieńczyk Falls is the highest waterfall in the Karkonosze National Park, Lower Silesia, Poland, dropping a…
Siklawica Falls
Siklawica Falls is a waterfall located in the Western Tatras, south of Zakopane, Poland, dropping a total of…
Wilczki Falls
Wilczki Falls is a waterfall located in the Wilczka Falls Nature Reserve within the Śnieżnik Landscape Park…
Hirschbach Falls
The Hirschbach Falls lie between St. Peter and Simonswald in that part of the High Black Forest, which is…
Obrovský vodopád
Obrovský vodopád is a waterfall in Slovakia.
Burgbach Waterfall
The Burgbach Waterfall in the vicinity of Bad Rippoldsau-Schapbach in the Black Forest has a drop of 15…
Szklarki Falls
Szklarki Falls is a waterfall located in the Giant Mountains, Lower Silesia, Poland, dropping a total of 13.3…
Königshütte Waterfall
Königshütte Waterfall is a waterfall in the village of Königshütte in the borough of Oberharz am Brocken in…
Sopotnia Wielka Falls
Sopotnia Wielka Falls is a waterfall located in Sopotnia Wielka, 20 kilometers south of Żywiec, in the Żywiec…
Mickiewicz Falls
Mickiewicz Falls is a waterfall in the Tatra National Park, Lesser Poland, consisting of three main cascades…
Amsel Falls
The Amsel Falls is a waterfall in Saxon Switzerland in East Germany, roughly a kilometre north of the famous…
Podgórna Falls
Podgórna Falls is a cascade waterfall located on the Podgórna Stream in the Giant Mountains, Lower Silesia…
Little Kyll
The Little Kyll German: Kleine Kyll, pronounced: "kill") is a 23.9-kilometre-long orographically right-hand…
Hörschbach
Hörschbach is a waterfall in Germany.
Lichtenhain Waterfall
The Lichtenhain Waterfall is a waterfall formed by the Lichtenhainer village brook in the Kirnitzsch Valley…
Grüner See
Grüner See is a waterfall in Germany.
Thur waterfalls
The Thur waterfalls are two cascades located on the upper part of the river Thur, approximately ten minutes…
Steinerne Renne
The Steinerne Renne is a waterfall and natural monument near the town of Wernigerode, Saxony-Anhalt, in the…
Höllbachgspreng
The Höllbachgspreng is a wooded rock massif below the Großer Falkenstein mountain in the vicinity of Lindberg…
Hasenbach
Hasenbach is a waterfall in Germany.
Fallbach Waterfall
Fallbach Waterfall is a waterfall in the Maltatal valley of Austria in the Austrian Alps near Malta. It is…
Spitter Waterfall
Spitter Waterfall is a waterfall in Germany.
Kleine Renne
Kleine Renne is a waterfall in Germany.
Javornik Falls
Javornik Falls is a series of three waterfalls near the settlement of Javorniški Rovt, part of the…
Giessbach
Giessbach is a waterfall in Switzerland.
Studenovodské vodopády
Studenovodské vodopády is a waterfall in Slovakia.
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Questions people ask
What is the tallest waterfall in Alps & Central Europe?
What are the most famous waterfalls in Alps & Central Europe?
The best known are Rhine Falls (Switzerland), Krimml Waterfalls (Austria), Raggaschlucht (Austria), Geroldsau Waterfall (Germany), Myra Falls (Austria) and Seerenbach Falls (Switzerland). Our index covers 53 waterfalls in Alps & Central Europe; every one has a page with activities, seasons and how to get there.
When is the best time to see waterfalls in Alps & Central Europe?
Across the waterfalls we cover, the most are at their best April to June and October.