Gollinger Wasserfall, Natural waterfall in Golling an der Salzach, Austria.
Gollinger Wasserfall plunges over a limestone formation in two separate cascades, dropping roughly 75 meters through a wooded valley. The water cuts through a narrow gorge and creates multiple natural viewing spots where visitors can observe the flow from different angles.
Prince Ernst Schwarzenberg began opening up the waterfall he had discovered in 1798; the work was completed in August 1805, after which anyone could visit it freely. The Golling Alpine Club celebrated its centenary with three days of festivities. The waterfall is fed by a karst spring draining the Göll massif through the Schwarzbachfall Cave.
The waterfall's name in local use is Schwarzbachfall, after the Schwarzbach stream that springs from the Schwarzbachfall-Höhle at about 660 m. Prince Ernst Schwarzenberg opened the site to visitors in 1798, and the works were finished in August 1805, after which anyone could view it freely. The Gollinger Alpenverein marked the centenary with three days of festivities.
Reaching the waterfall requires a forest walk of about 40 minutes on a path with constructed steps and railings. Plan to spend extra time at the various observation decks, which are spaced throughout the ascent.
The spring feeding the falls can run dry, after which water emerges only from lower side outlets. Its discharge has been measured between 30 and 42,416 litres per second, averaging 1,261 l/s over 1999–2011, at a constant 5–6 °C. A link to Lake Königssee was long speculated but never proven.
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