Thur waterfalls
The Thur waterfalls are two cascades located on the upper part of the river Thur, approximately ten minutes walking distance from the village square of Unterwasser in the Toggenburg region of the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland.Photo: Hardcoreraveman, CC0.
- Type: Waterfall
- Description: waterfall in Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Unterer Thuwasserfall”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Zwingli’s birth house and Gräppelensee.
Zwingli’s birth house
Museum
Photo: Evacc, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Zwingli’s birth house is a museum, which is situated 2 km east of Thur waterfalls.
St. John’s Abbey in the Thurtal
Church
Photo: Ginkgo2g, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. John's Abbey in the Thurtal was a Benedictine monastery originally established in Alt St. Johann in the Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, in the mid-12th century. St. John’s Abbey in the Thurtal is situated 2 km southwest of Thur waterfalls.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Unterwasser and Alt St. Johann.
Unterwasser
Village
Unterwasser is a village in the Toggenburg region of the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, situated at the confluence of the two streams forming the upper Thur.
Alt St. Johann
Village
Photo: Breeze, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Alt St. Johann is a village in the Toggenburg region, since 2010 part of the municipality Wildhaus-Alt St.Johann in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
Wildhaus
Village
Wildhaus is a village and former municipality in the Toggenburg region of the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland, since 2010 by merger with Alt St. Johann part of the municipality of Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann. Wildhaus is situated 3 km east of Thur waterfalls.
Thur waterfalls
- Category: body of water
- Location: Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann, Toggenburg, Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.20228° or 47° 12′ 8″ northLongitude
9.31172° or 9° 18′ 42″ eastHeight
10 metres (33 feet)Open location code
8FVF6826+WMOpenStreetMap ID
node 322834458OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=waterfallWikidata ID
Q2430022
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Thur waterfalls” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “salts del Thur”
- German: “Chämmerlitobel”
- German: “Thurfälle”
- German: “Thurwasserfälle”
- Persian: “آبشار تور”
- Swiss German: “Thurfäll”
- Ukrainian: “Турські водоспади”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Thurwasserfälle and Oberer Thuwasserfall.
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