Germany 
In numbers.
Mar–Jun
Best months
484m
Elevation
The water at Hörschbach, month by month
It roars from November to May.
The fullest months: from November to May.
- 94%Jan
- 86%Feb
- 100%Mar
- 84%Apr
- 92%May
- 73%Jun
- 72%Jul
- 71%Aug
- 60%Sep
- 70%Oct
- 78%Nov
- 81%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from March to June.
Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Getting there.
- Althüttenearest town · 3.5 km in a straight line
- Parking 370 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Stuttgart Airport (STR)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 37 km in a straight lineCar hire at STR airport (Stuttgart)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From March to Junebest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
Stay, explore and get there
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Seen from the sky.
8 × 8 km of cloud-free satellite image, with what OpenStreetMap knows around the falls.
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Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.
The line follows the river as mapped in OpenStreetMap; heights from the 30 m Copernicus model, which smooths narrow drops — the published height of the falls is the one above.
Around the falls the river drops 34 m in 1.3 km. Here the river runs about 15 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- 2viewpoints
- 25waymarked walking routesRems-Murr Wanderweg, Georg-Fahrbach-Weg, Nebenlinie des SAV (blaues Kreuz) and 22 more
- 26car parks
- —swimming spots
- 5picnic sites
- —toilets
- 5information boards and visitor centres
- 7bus stops within 1 km
- 2other named waterfalls within 4 kmVorderer Hörschbachwasserfall, Hinterer Hörschbachwasserfall
- —caves
- 3campsitesWohnmobilstellplatz Murrhardt, Jugendzeltplatz Wahlenmühle, WohnMobil Hafen
- 46hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmFreizeitheim Hofgut Schmalenberg, Wolkenhof, Eddi´s Biker-Residenz and 43 more
- 11restaurants and cafés within 3 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, up to 2 km around the falls (unless noted). A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Towns nearby
- Althütte3.5 km in a straight line
- Murrhardt4.4 km in a straight line
- Kaisersbach6.7 km in a straight line
- Rudersberg6.8 km in a straight line
- Allmersbach im Tal7.3 km in a straight line
- Sulzbach an der Murr7.4 km in a straight line
- Oppenweiler7.9 km in a straight line
- Backnang8.2 km in a straight line
Weather
The weather, month by month.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon °C | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 22 | 25 | 24 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 3 |
| Night °C | -4 | -4 | -1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 0 | -3 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 67 | 50 | 56 | 46 | 84 | 69 | 82 | 78 | 54 | 64 | 63 | 70 |
| Wet days | 13 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 14 |
| Sun h/day | 1.3 | 2.8 | 4.4 | 6.7 | 7.0 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 6.8 | 5.7 | 3.4 | 1.5 | 0.9 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 14 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 12 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (484 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.
Recent years
Wet years and dry years
Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A wet season above 100 % usually means a fuller waterfall.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 53% | 277% | 113% | 32% | 64% | 146% | 50% | 128% | 81% | 107% | 30% | 115% |
| 2021 | 130% | 115% | 76% | 72% | 110% | 174% | 148% | 136% | 55% | 76% | 68% | 123% |
| 2022 | 93% | 114% | 32% | 226% | 47% | 80% | 59% | 68% | 166% | 121% | 112% | 78% |
| 2023 | 73% | 58% | 166% | 172% | 57% | 47% | 106% | 155% | 41% | 122% | 222% | 133% |
| 2024 | 105% | 160% | 89% | 143% | 187% | 219% | 100% | 70% | 206% | 112% | 96% | 68% |
| 2025 | 112% | 87% | 46% | 72% | 60% | 95% | 112% | 87% | 290% | 111% | 88% | 27% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Hörschbach
Germany
- —Height
- —Average flow
- Mar–JunBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q872001) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Climate | NASA POWER, 1991–2020 |
| Relief, river profile, 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Paths, viewpoints, parking | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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