Rhine Falls

The Rhine Falls is a waterfall on the High Rhine in . It is the most powerful waterfall in and a popular tourist attraction. The falls are located on the border between the cantons of and , between the municipalities of and /, ca.
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  • Type: Waterfall
  • Description: waterfall on the Rhein River in Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Falls of the Rhine”, “Laufen”, “Rheinfall”, “Schaffhausen Falls”, and “Schaffhausen falls on the Rhie”
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest

Highlights include Laufen Castle and Schloss Laufen am Rheinfall railway station.

Castle
Photo: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a castle in the in the . It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance overlooking the Rhine Falls.

Railway stop
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Schloss Laufen am Rheinfall is a railway station in the in the Swiss . The station is overlooked by and in turn overlooks the Rhine Falls, from which it derives its name.

Restaurant
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The is a fortification in the municipality of in the canton of , Switzerland, located on a small island in the Rhine Falls' basin.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Neuhausen am Rheinfall and Dachsen.

Town
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is a town and a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland. The town is close to the Rhine Falls, mainland Europe's largest waterfall.

Village
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is a municipality in the district of Andelfingen in the canton of Zürich in .

Village
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is a municipality in the district of Andelfingen in the canton of Zürich in .

Rhine Falls

Latitude
47.67772° or 47° 40′ 40″ north
Longitude
8.61507° or 8° 36′ 54″ east
Elevation
369 metres (1,211 feet)
Open location code
8FVCMJH8+32
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1230090972
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­waterfall
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Geo­Names ID
2659061
Wiki­data ID
Q214924
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Rhine Falls” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شلالات الراين”
  • Armenian: “Հռենոսի ջրվեժ”
  • Belarusian: “Рэйнскі вадаспад”
  • Bulgarian: “Водопад на Рейн”
  • Bulgarian: “Райнфал”
  • Bulgarian: “Рейнфал”
  • Catalan: “Cascades del Rin”
  • Cebuano: “Rheinfall”
  • Chinese: “莱茵瀑布”
  • Chinese: “萊茵河瀑布”
  • Chinese: “萊茵瀑布”
  • Croatian: “Rheinfall”
  • Czech: “Rýnské vodopády”
  • Danish: “Rheinfall”
  • Dutch: “Rheinfall”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “شلالات الراين”
  • Esperanto: “Rejn-Akvofalo”
  • Esperanto: “Rejnakvofalo”
  • Finnish: “Reinin putoukset”
  • French: “chutes du Rhin”
  • French: “Chutes du Rhin”
  • French: “Les chutes du rhin”
  • French: “Rheinfall”
  • German: “Grosser Laufen”
  • German: “Großer Laufen”
  • German: “Rheinfall von Schaffhausen”
  • German: “Rheinfall”
  • German: “Rhyfall”
  • Greek: “Καταρράκτης του Ρήνου”
  • Hebrew: “מפל הריין”
  • Hebrew: “מפלי הריין”
  • Hungarian: “Rajna-vízesés”
  • Icelandic: “Rínarfossarnir”
  • Indonesian: “Air Terjun Rhein”
  • Italian: “cascate del Reno”
  • Italian: “Cascate del Reno”
  • Italian: “cascate di Sciaffusa”
  • Japanese: “ライン滝”
  • Korean: “라인 폭포”
  • Latin: “Aquae cadentes Rhenenses”
  • Latin: “Aquae cadentes Rheni”
  • Lithuanian: “Reino krioklys”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rhinfallet”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rheinfall”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rhinen-falla”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rhinfossen”
  • Norwegian: “Rhinfallet”
  • Ossetian: “Рейны æхсæрдзæн”
  • Papiamento: “Rheinfall”
  • Persian: “آبشار راین”
  • Persian: “ابشار راین”
  • Polish: “Rheinfall”
  • Portuguese: “Cataratas do Reno”
  • Romanian: “Cascada Rinului”
  • Russian: “Райнфалль”
  • Russian: “Райнфаль”
  • Russian: “Рейнский водопад”
  • Slovenian: “Renski slapovi”
  • Spanish: “Cataratas del Rin”
  • Spanish: “Rheinfall”
  • Swedish: “Rheinfall”
  • Swedish: “Rhenfallet”
  • Swiss German: “Rhyfall”
  • Tamil: “ரைன் அருவி”
  • Thai: “น้ำตกไรน์”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Rheinfall”
  • Turkish: “Ren Şelalesi”
  • Turkish: “Rheinfall Şelalesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Рейнський водопад”
  • Ukrainian: “Рейнський водоспад”
  • Welsh: “Rhaeadr y Rhein”
  • Welsh: “Rheinfall”
  • “Rheinfall”

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