Rhine Falls
:Halte dein Herz, o Wanderer, fest in gewaltigen Händen! : Mir entstürzte vor Lust zitternd das meinige fast. :Rastlos donnernde Massen auf donnernde Massen geworfen, : Ohr und Auge, wohin retten sie sich im Tumult?
Details
- Type
- Segmented Block
- Width
- 150 m
- Height
- 23 m
- Location
- On the border between the cantons of Schaffhausen and Zurich, near the town of Schaffhausen, in northern Switzerland
- Map Size
- 280
- Elevation
- 364 m
- Map Label
- Rhine Falls
- Photo Width
- 280
- Watercourse
- Rhine
- Average Flow
- 250 m3/s during winter,600 m3/s during summer
- Number Drops
- 1
- Photo Caption
- Rhine Falls with Rheinfall Bridge and Laufen Castle