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The Breitachklamm is a gorge created by the river breitachklamm.com
/ref> Every year around 300.000 visitors walk the 2.5 km long path through the gorge. The upper entrance of the Breitachklamm is located near the Walserschanz in Austria, with limited parking space, whereas the lower one in Oberstdorf-Tiefenbach offers a visitor center and ample parking.
The first efforts to make the gorge accessible date from the end of the 19th century, but they were not successful.
Eventually the young pastor Johannes Schiebel from Tiefenbach ventured to develop the Klamm, sought sponsors and founded the Breitachklammverein eG (Breitachklamm society). His main motivation was to find a new source of income for his poor parish and to develop the upcoming tourism in the region.
The first blasting was executed on July 25, 1904, and on July 4, 1905, the access to the gorge was inaugurated.
On September 23, 1995, at 6:00 a.m. a massive
Die Breitachklamm - Wunder der Natur - aus der Reihe Allgäuer Geotope
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The Breitachklamm is a gorge created by the river Breitach
The Breitach is a mountain river, the southwestern (left) source of the Iller in the Allgäu Alps, in the states of Vorarlberg (Austria) and Bavaria (Germany).
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The river originates in , a part of Mittelberg, in the Kleinwalsertal as the ...
in the Allgäu
The Allgäu (Standard German: , also Allgovia) is a region in Swabia in southern Germany. It covers the south of Bavarian Swabia, southeastern Baden-Württemberg, and parts of Austria. The region stretches from the pre-alpine lands up to the A ...
region in Southern Germany. It is located at the exit of the Kleinwalsertal
Kleinwalsertal is a valley in the Austrian province of Vorarlberg and part of the Bregenz district. It includes the municipality of Mittelberg and consists of three villages along the River Breitach. Due to the geographic location in the Allgà ...
near Tiefenbach, a city district of Oberstdorf
Oberstdorf ( Low Alemannic: ''Oberschdorf'') is a municipality and skiing and hiking town in Germany, located in the Allgäu region of the Bavarian Alps. It is the southernmost settlement in Germany and one of its highest towns.
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It is one of the deepest gorges of the Bavarian Alps and the deepest rocky gorge of Central Europe
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./ref> Every year around 300.000 visitors walk the 2.5 km long path through the gorge. The upper entrance of the Breitachklamm is located near the Walserschanz in Austria, with limited parking space, whereas the lower one in Oberstdorf-Tiefenbach offers a visitor center and ample parking.
Formation
The Breitachklamm was formed only during the last 10,000 years after the Würm ice age. Glaciers had eroded soft rocks, and hard rocks remained. When the glaciers had melted, the Breitach river had to grind its way through the hard rocks, over a distance of 2.5 km and up to deep.Development
The first efforts to make the gorge accessible date from the end of the 19th century, but they were not successful.
Eventually the young pastor Johannes Schiebel from Tiefenbach ventured to develop the Klamm, sought sponsors and founded the Breitachklammverein eG (Breitachklamm society). His main motivation was to find a new source of income for his poor parish and to develop the upcoming tourism in the region.
The first blasting was executed on July 25, 1904, and on July 4, 1905, the access to the gorge was inaugurated.
On September 23, 1995, at 6:00 a.m. a massive rockfall
A rockfall or rock-fallWhittow, John (1984). ''Dictionary of Physical Geography''. London: Penguin, 1984. . is a quantity/sheets of rock that has fallen freely from a cliff face. The term is also used for collapse of rock from roof or walls of mi ...
occurred, causing of rock and debris to slide into the gorge. Subsequently, 300,000 m³ of water were dammed up high. On March 23, 1996, at 11:30 a.m. the water broke through, thoroughly devastating the gorge and causing damages of 150,000 euros.
In December 2004 a new visitor center was put into operation. By means of interactive models the effect of water on the mountains is demonstrated.
See also
*Waterfalls in Germany
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References
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*Die Breitachklamm - Wunder der Natur - aus der Reihe Allgäuer Geotope
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