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.

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Rhine Falls Media

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  The Rhine Falls and Rheinfallfelsen seen from the Rhine

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  Aerial view of the Rhine Falls in 2008

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  Watermill at the Rhine falls

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  View of the Rhinefall basin with Wörth Castle (right) and Laufen Castle (center), seen from the west

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  Train of Zurich S-Bahn arriving at Schloss Laufen am Rheinfall railway station

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  Neuhausen Rheinfall railway station with elevators to the Rhine Falls

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  Busses of vbsh next to Schaffhausen railway station

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  Boat trip to Rheinfallfelsen, a rock in the middle of the Rhine Falls

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  J. M. W. Turner: Fall of the Rhine at Schaffhausen (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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  The Falls of the Rhine at Schaffhausen by Philip James de Loutherbourg, 1788

Other websites

• Rhine Falls homepage Archived 2015-10-15 at the Wayback Machine
• old views of the Rheinfall