Gasteiner Wasserfall description and photos - Austria: Bad Gastein (Topic)

Gasteiner Wasserfall description and photos - Austria: Bad Gastein. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The title in English is Gasteiner Wasserfall.

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Bad Gastein is home to one of the most famous waterfalls in Austria, which has become a source of inspiration for many poets and artists. Currently, the image of the waterfall can be found on postcards offered for sale to numerous tourists in Gastein.

It is here that the waters of a small river called Gasteiner Ache, a tributary of the Danube, fall from a height of 340 meters, overcoming three huge steps. The force with which the water breaks against the rocks creates negatively charged ions that are dispersed in the air, thus creating a healing microclimate that has a beneficial effect on the respiratory tract.

The area near Gastein Falls is called a mini-resort for a reason, patients from different parts of Europe come here and claim that it was here that they were finally able to feel relief from their tormenting illness.

In 1840, a stone bridge was built near the waterfall, which in 1927 underwent a thorough reconstruction and expansion. In 1914, a small hydroelectric power plant was built nearby, as a result of which the waterfall lost some strength. In 1996, the station was stopped, and a historical museum was located within its walls.

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