Germany Waterfall

Steinerne Renne

One of the waterfalls of Germany.

When to go

Dampftrain · CC BY-SA 3.0

In numbers.

0.41m³/s

Average flow

estimate

Apr–May
Jul
Oct

Best months

467m

Elevation

The water at Steinerne Renne, month by month

It roars in July and from November to May.

The fullest months: July and from November to May.

0.8 m³/sJan
0.6 m³/sFeb
0.7 m³/sMar
0.5 m³/sApr
0.5 m³/sMay
0.2 m³/sJun
0.4 m³/sJul
0.2 m³/sAug
0.2 m³/sSep
0.3 m³/sOct
0.5 m³/sNov
0.5 m³/sDec

high water best months to go

From about 0.20 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.79 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from April to May, July and October.

Estimate: the timing comes from rain, snowmelt and evaporation (NASA POWER, 1991–2020); the amounts from the river model of HydroATLAS (WaterGAP, 1971–2000). Dams upstream can change the real flow.

Ravine in Hasserode, Germany

Steinerne Renne is a waterfall in Germany.

Getting there.

Darlingerodenearest town · 4.4 km in a straight line
Parking 730 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
Erfurt-Weimar Airport (ERF)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 94 km in a straight lineCar hire at HAJ airport (Hannover)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
From April to May, July and Octoberbest 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.

Steinerne Renne seen from above (Sentinel-2)

N 2 km

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

The Kleine Renne through the falls

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.

The valley below the falls

Around the falls the river drops 150 m in 0.9 km. Here the river runs about 57 m below the lower rim of its valley.

What is around.

14viewpointsWernigeröder Fenster, Elversstein, Fotopoint HSB and 11 more
12waymarked walking routesHarzklub-Weg 11E, Harzklub-Weg 25D, Harzklub-Weg 11D and 9 more
4car parks
—swimming spots
12picnic sites
—toilets
26information boards and visitor centres
—bus stops within 1 km
—other named waterfalls within 4 km
—caves
4campsitesHarz Mountain Camp, Am Katzenteich, Wanderlust Ilsetal and 1 more
186hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmSchlossberghotel, Fürstenhof, Steinstubenrestaturant / Pension / Hotel and 183 more
5restaurants 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

Darlingerode4.4 km in a straight line
Drübeck5.3 km in a straight line
Wernigerode5.9 km in a straight line
Ilsenburg6.5 km in a straight line
Elbingerode8.1 km in a straight line
Veckenstedt10 km in a straight line
Stapelburg10 km in a straight line
Rübeland11 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	0	2	6	12	16	20	22	22	18	12	6	1
Night °C	-5	-4	-2	1	6	10	12	11	7	3	0	-3
Rain & snow (mm)	68	45	50	38	66	61	85	63	58	56	61	67
Wet days	14	12	13	10	12	13	15	13	11	12	13	15
Sun h/day	1.0	2.4	3.9	6.3	6.8	7.3	6.8	6.2	5.3	3.2	1.2	0.7
Snow on the ground (cm)	13	13	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	11

Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (467 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.

Photos

Through visitors' eyes.

Steinerne Renne (11) — Angela Huster · CC0

Steinerne Renne (12) — Angela Huster · CC0

Steinerne Renne, Holtemme — FrankBothe · CC BY-SA 3.0

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	40%	175%	67%	28%	55%	112%	52%	109%	73%	105%	23%	53%
2021	97%	132%	74%	105%	133%	162%	95%	177%	54%	62%	68%	69%
2022	66%	132%	19%	109%	72%	46%	65%	69%	108%	77%	57%	109%
2023	125%	116%	177%	138%	53%	133%	99%	197%	46%	214%	180%	216%
2024	106%	215%	104%	166%	145%	140%	126%	115%	132%	151%	113%	90%
2025	131%	64%	39%	79%	86%	77%	124%	75%	75%	165%	88%	52%

130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual

Compare with the waterfalls nearby.

Steinerne Renne

Germany

—Height
0.41 m³/sAverage flow
Apr–May, Jul, OctBest months

Königshütte Waterfall

Germany

15 mHeight
0.62 m³/sAverage flow
Apr–May, Jul, OctBest months

See the guide

Ilsefälle

Germany

—Height
—Average flow
Apr–May, Jul, OctBest months

See the guide

Lonauer Wasserfall

Germany

—Height
0.15 m³/sAverage flow
Apr–May, Jul, OctBest months

See the guide

About these numbers

Names, height, width, river	Wikidata (Q2340555) · CC0
River flow and catchment	HydroATLAS / RiverATLAS v1.0 (Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0
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.