Scheidegger Wasserfälle, Waterfall system in Scheidegg, Germany
The Scheidegger Wasserfälle are a series of rock steps in the Rohrach gorge northwest of Scheidegg, where the Rickenbach drops over 40 metres in total. Its two main falls plunge 22 and 18 metres over overhanging Nagelfluh banks; softer sandstone and marl beneath have been scoured into large plunge pools. Paths, footbridges and viewing platforms open the falls, which lie below a leisure and play area.
The Bavarian State Office for the Environment lists the falls as a geologically valuable geotope, number 776R007. In 2004 they were added to the list of Bavaria's 100 most beautiful geotopes. The rocks exposed in the gorge are 17 to 15 million years old, laid down in the Miocene.
The geological nature trail presents interactive displays and educational stations that explain the formation of rocks and the principles of water power.
Above the falls, a car park near Fürstenmühle serves visitors; from there a path leads to the ticket office, and three marked trails (Weg 1, 2 and 3) continue to the waterfalls. The two main falls lie below the leisure and play area and are reached by paths, footbridges and viewing platforms.
At the waterfalls operates a hydraulic ram that works entirely without electricity and pumps water to a nearby playground. This historical system shows how flowing water was used for power before modern electricity existed.
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