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Gastein Waterfall

The Gastein Waterfall crashing down beside a white hotel in the centre of Bad Gastein, Austria, seen from a bridge railing.
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Gastein Waterfall

SeenJun 2026

Natural waterfall · Bad Gastein, Austria

Photo: Naturpuur / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0), as also published on Street Art Utopia.

The Gastein Waterfall drops through the centre of Bad Gastein in three stages. Source Checked Gastein’s tourism office gives its total drop as 341 metres. Source Checked

Seen Jun 2026: the newest dated photograph we found on Wikimedia Commons shows the waterfall at dusk on 4 June 2026 (in More photos below). The photo above was taken on 26 July 2025. Source Checked

More photos

The Gastein Waterfall rushing down a rocky gorge between trees, July 2017.
2017 The falls from above, in summerPhoto: Maik Meid / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The Gastein Waterfall at dusk below the lit buildings of Bad Gastein, June 2026.
2026 The waterfall at dusk, June 2026Photo: Ailura / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0 AT)

đź’ˇ 4 things to know

  1. 341 metres in three stagesGastein’s tourism office describes a drop of 341 metres in three stages through the centre of the town. Source Checked
  2. Fed by the Hohe TauernThe Gasteiner Ache, fed by the Anlaufbach and the NaĂźfelder Ache in the Hohe Tauern National Park, plunges right through the town. Source Checked
  3. Built in 1827 or 1840?Gastein’s tourism office says the stone waterfall bridge was built in 1840, and a local history page dates its foundation stone to 8 October 1840 and its opening to 31 October 1840. A plate on the bridge railing, visible in the photo above, reads “erbaut 1827 / renoviert 2010” (built 1827, renovated 2010). We lean towards 1840: two written sources give it, one with exact dates for the foundation stone and the opening; we could not find out what the 1827 on the plate refers to. Source Source Source Conflicting
  4. Widened in 1927 or 1928?The tourism office says the bridge was expanded in 1927; the local history page says the waterfall bridge was widened in 1928. We lean towards 1928: the local history page gives that year together with the cost of the work (75,000 schillings). Source Source Conflicting

đź“Ť Where it is

In the centre of Bad Gastein, Austria, where the Gasteiner Ache falls through the town. Source Checked

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🗓️ Sightings

  1. 18408 Oct

    Foundation stone of the stone bridge laid · gastein-im-bild.info

  2. 184031 Oct

    Stone bridge opened to traffic

  3. 1928

    Waterfall bridge widened (tourism office: 1927)

  4. 201725 Jul

    Photographed from above · Wikimedia Commons

  5. 202526 Jul

    Photographed in the town centre · Wikimedia Commons

  6. 20264 Jun

    Photographed at dusk · Wikimedia Commons

Green stamps mark dated photographs; amber stamps mark dated records and reports.

âś… The facts

Type
Natural waterfall Source Checked
Total drop
341 metres Source Checked
Stages
Three Source Checked
River
Gasteiner Ache Source Checked
Bridge built
1840 (tourism office, local history) or 1827 (plate on the railing); we lean towards 1840 Source Source Source Conflicting
Place
Centre of Bad Gastein, Austria Source Checked

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Last checked: 3 November 2026. How we verify art