Gütersteiner Waterfall

Gütersteiner Falls are situated in Maisental, a side valley of the Erms, two kilometers southwest of Bad Urach, around 1,500 meters northwest of Urach Falls. It dropped to the end of the valley, close to the site of the erstwhile Güterstein Charterhouse.

An artificial pool divides the waterfall in half. The so-called upper Gütersteiner waterfall enters this watershed through the tufa. The water that emerges from this basin flows once more through the hiking trail before descending into a limestone promontory covered in moss that was created from its own sediments and where it swept away a canal. About 1.8 kilometers later, the outflow water enters Brühlbach.

The Urach waterfall next door inspired the design of this waterfall. The needed drop height at the front was formed by a stream that carved out a bed of sintered limestone that was about 25 m broad and 125 m long from the lime brought in the water. The upper portion of the terrace, however, has been intentionally reduced here by limestone mining, unlike Uracher Fall. Below, a limestone cape is forming at the edge of the terrace.

The region around the waterfall has a lot of lush flora. Many plants, from fountain moss to the rare deer tongue fern, flourish

Location: Bad Urach, Germany