Rhine Falls
The Rhine Falls, called the Rheinfall in Switzerland, are the biggest waterfalls of Europe.
They can be found in the High Rhine in the upper parts of the river Rhine, in the municipalities of Neuhausen am Rheinfall and Laufen-Uhwiesen, near the town of Schaffhausen in the north part of Switzerland and close to the German border. They are 150 meters (450 ft) wide and 23 meters (75 ft) tall. The Rhine Falls were made in the last ice age about 14,000 to 17,000 years ago.
Rhine Falls Media
Train of S-Bahn Zürich arriving at Schloss Laufen am Rheinfall railway station
Neuhausen Rheinfall railway station with elevators to the Rhine Falls
J. M. W. Turner: Fall of the Rhine at Schaffhausen (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
Other websites
- Rhine Falls homepage Archived 2015-10-15 at the Wayback Machine
- old views of the Rheinfall