Lichtenhain Waterfall

The Lichtenhain Waterfall is a waterfall formed by the Lichtenhainer village brook and is situated in the Kirnitzsch Valley in the Saxon Switzerland of Germany.

William Lebrecht Götzinger, chronicler of the Saxon Switzerland, mentioned the waterfall in his 1812 work Schandau and its environments.

The original waterfall was not impressive enough for tourists, so the brook was dammed up by a pushable weir. Since the Kirnitzschtalbahn, a tramway linking the waterfall with Bad Schandau, was opened in 1898, hundreds of thousands of tourists have visited the waterfall.

See also

  • Bad Schandau Elevator
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Daniel Molnar
8 June 2022
Sweet roots of the tourism simulacrum. An artificial waterfall as absolution but beware, the tram screeches a bit. Restaurant is top notch.
Dirk Heinze
4 May 2013
Nimm den Wanderweg von hier nach Lichtenhain oder ab Nassen Grund Richtung Schrammsteine. Fahrt mit der Kirnitzschtalbahn (Straßenbahn) ist ein Muss!
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