Röthbachfall
The Röthbachfall is the highest waterfall in Germany, with a vertical drop of 470 metres. The waterfall is located in the Berchtesgaden area on the Obersee lake.Photo: Alupus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Waterfall
- Description: waterfall in Germany
- Also known as: “Röthbach Waterfall”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wasseralm and Obersee.
Wasseralm
Meadow
Photo: HeinrichStuerzl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wasseralm is a meadow, which is situated 1 km southwest of Röthbachfall.
Obersee
Lake
Photo: Alupus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Obersee is a natural lake in the extreme southeast Berchtesgadener Land district of the German state of Bavaria, near the Austrian border. All of the lake is within the Berchtesgaden National Park.
Teufelshörner
Peak
Photo: Thgoiter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Teufelshörner are a pair of mountains on the German-Austrian border in the Berchtesgaden Alps. The two peaks, which form a mountain ridge, are the Großes Teufelshorn and the Kleines Teufelshorn.
Röthbachfall
- Categories: geotope and body of water
- Location: Bavaria, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.50195° or 47° 30′ 7″ northLongitude
13.01219° or 13° 0′ 44″ eastHeight
470 metres (1,542 feet)Open location code
8FVMG226+QVOpenStreetMap ID
node 476369741OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=waterfallWikidata ID
Q319104
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Röthbachfall” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Рьотбах”
- Czech: “Röthbachfall”
- Dutch: “Röthbach Waterfall”
- Egyptian Arabic: “روثباتش واتيرفال”
- French: “chute de Röthbach”
- French: “Chute de Röthbach”
- German: “Röthbachfall”
- Hungarian: “Röthbachfall”
- Italian: “cascata Röthbach”
- Italian: “Cascata Röthbach”
- Persian: “آبشار روثباخ”
- Portuguese: “Cascata Röthbach”
- Spanish: “Cascada Röthbach”
- Turkish: “Röthbach Şelalesi”
- Ukrainian: “Ретбах”
- Ukrainian: “Рьотбах”
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Highlights include Sonntagsalm (verfallen) and Fischunkelsee.
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