グレーフェンベルクの滝・トップ13

Very worth seeing, you have to see it

Below the railway tracks of Gräfenberg station, a road runs along the Kalkach. There, in a hillside forest below the old town, a steep path runs directly along the sinter terraces.

A wonderful place for great photos, to chill or to walk barefoot through the water.

The Kalkach rises in a cave in the Malm layer, above the Ornatenton. Its underground inflows lie in the karst of the dry valleys to the north towards Gräfenbergerhüll and Kemmathen. Due to its location in the karst, the stream absorbs significant amounts of dissolved lime, which forms sinter layers of limestone tuff along its course.

Unfortunately, it only seems to have water after heavy rainfall, but you can still sense its true beauty

You should definitely take a look at them.

In its upper section, the Weißenbach has formed steps of calcareous tuff that are 5,000 to 10,000 years old. When the spring water, which is rich in lime and saturated with carbonic acid, escapes, the carbon dioxide escapes and fine limestone sinter is formed. They partially enclose mosses, leaves and small plants, so that over time small sinter basins and cushion-shaped beds develop. Very soft when wet, hardening when dry.

A beautiful, narrow path leads along the Weißenbach into the valley. The initially narrow stream widens and forms sinter terraces.