Germany 
In numbers.
0.19m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Mar–Jun
Best months
250m
Elevation
The water at Tretstein waterfall, month by month
It roars from November to May.
The fullest months: from November to May.
- 0.4 m³/sJan
- 0.3 m³/sFeb
- 0.4 m³/sMar
- 0.3 m³/sApr
- 0.3 m³/sMay
- 0.1 m³/sJun
- 0.1 m³/sJul
- 0.1 m³/sAug
- 0.1 m³/sSep
- 0.1 m³/sOct
- 0.2 m³/sNov
- 0.3 m³/sDec
From about 0.07 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.41 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from March to June.
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.
Waterfall in Germany
Tretstein waterfall is a waterfall in Germany.
Getting there.
- Gräfendorfnearest town · 1.5 km in a straight line
- Parking 730 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Frankfurt Main Airport (FRA)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 86 km in a straight lineCar hire at FRA airport (Frankfurt am Main)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From March to Junebest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
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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 57 m in 1.1 km. Here the river runs about 30 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- 17waymarked walking routesOrtswanderweg Gräfendorf 1, Ortswanderweg Gräfendorf 2, Ortswanderweg Gräfendorf 5 and 14 more
- 7car parks
- —swimming spots
- 2picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- 3campsitesReisemobilstellplatz Forellenhof, Zeltplatz Saale, Campingplatz Roßmühle
- 10hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmHotel Nöth, Hotel Neumühle Resort & SPA, Baumhaushotel Seemühle and 7 more
- 1restaurants 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
- Gräfendorf1.5 km in a straight line
- Wartmannsroth4.4 km in a straight line
- Schönau6.9 km in a straight line
- Burgsinn7.0 km in a straight line
- Rieneck8.4 km in a straight line
- Gemünden am Main10 km in a straight line
- Hammelburg10 km in a straight line
- Karsbach11 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 | 9 | 15 | 19 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 3 |
| Night °C | -3 | -3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | -2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 56 | 44 | 47 | 38 | 73 | 59 | 73 | 66 | 50 | 53 | 58 | 62 |
| Wet days | 12 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 14 |
| Sun h/day | 1.2 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 6.0 | 6.3 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 6.0 | 4.9 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 0.7 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 14 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 13 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (250 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.
Photos
Through visitors' eyes.
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 | 58% | 256% | 103% | 29% | 65% | 183% | 41% | 119% | 72% | 119% | 32% | 110% |
| 2021 | 145% | 121% | 72% | 79% | 104% | 155% | 171% | 128% | 56% | 77% | 72% | 103% |
| 2022 | 113% | 129% | 38% | 205% | 40% | 38% | 38% | 60% | 201% | 99% | 83% | 83% |
| 2023 | 93% | 92% | 199% | 155% | 39% | 55% | 100% | 166% | 46% | 149% | 162% | 131% |
| 2024 | 116% | 169% | 87% | 156% | 160% | 186% | 97% | 78% | 178% | 125% | 85% | 77% |
| 2025 | 118% | 66% | 39% | 73% | 57% | 84% | 104% | 67% | 198% | 126% | 61% | 32% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Tretstein waterfall
Germany
- —Height
- 0.19 m³/sAverage flow
- Mar–JunBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q1271971) · 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.
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