From the small church of St. Moritz, the water of the Kalktuffbach gushes over the sinter terraces on the right of the trail, down to the valley of Leutenbach.

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Witwe Bolte

May 23, 2018

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Sinter terraces of streams often occur in Franconian Switzerland due to the dissolved lime. This stream section is in the relationship very short but wide and wegemäßig (stairs) also for normal hikers great access.

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Mördyrer

October 15, 2017

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Tufa steps that the creek created from the dissolved lime. The water splashes in a thousand gullies and sparkling drops over the cascades to the valley.

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