However you get there, waterfalls are breathtaking places, and you have 20

beautiful waterfalls to choose from in Upper Palatinate. So you can better figure out which one to visit on your next trip outdoors, see photos and tips of each waterfall below — and easily plan your next adventure!

Last updated: October 8, 2025

Höllbachtal (Hölle) Nature Reserve

The Höllbachtal is wild and romantic at the same time, you make your way over hill and dale through the rocky forest gorge, always accompanied by the roar of the …

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Das (Teufels-) Butterfaß

Between Sauerbrunnen and the cabin there is a narrow passage with a steep slope. Whirlpools (stand rollers) have ground here with millstones swirl holes and through sand and gravel so-called …

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Muglbach Waterfall

Admittedly, the Muglbach waterfall near Bad Neualbenreuth is not big. All the more magical: The crystal-clear spring water glistens in the individual rays of the sun that make it through …

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Tufa Cascades of the Weiße Laber

It is February 2021 and after the snowmelt and rain in the last few days, the tufa cascades are an impressive natural spectacle. Lots of water rushes down over the …

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Seilerbach Waterfalls

Nice little waterfall, good place for a little break. Sit down, relax and enjoy the sound of the waterfall.

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Schwallohbach Waterfall

The Schwallohbach as a small waterfall just before the confluence with the Waldnaab 💦

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Muglbach Waterfalls and Legends

A few legends are known along the Muglbach, also from Hardeck

The legend of the castle wood

In the Burgholz below Hardeck Castle there was once a mine. There the …

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Tufa Cascades

You have to run up a little to see the cascades nice - in the lower part of the stream is dried up. (June)

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Weiße Regen Waterfalls on the Triftsteig

Again and again there are small waterfalls or weirs to discover along the Triftsteig, beautiful natural hiking trail.

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Triftsteig Rocky Stream Path

Great and nice tour.

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The Top 20 Waterfalls in Upper Palatinate

Höllbachtal (Hölle) Nature Reserve

Das (Teufels-) Butterfaß

Muglbach Waterfall

Tufa Cascades of the Weiße Laber

Seilerbach Waterfalls

Schwallohbach Waterfall

Muglbach Waterfalls and Legends

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