The Sankenbach Waterfalls (german: Sankenbach-Wasserfälle) are a

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southwest of the village of

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in the

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. The Sankenbach flows over the waterfalls, dropping a total of 40 metres. The falls drop down the headwall of the

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of the Sankenbach Bowl (''Sankenbachkessel'') in the Eckscher Horizon (''Eck’scher Horizont'') of the

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.Thomas Huth, Baldur Junker: ''Geotouristische Karte von Baden-Württemberg – Schwarzwald und Umgebung – Erläuterungen.'' Freiburg i. Br. 2004, , p. 245 Shortly afterwards the Sankenbach feeds the Sankenbachsee. The volume of the waterfall can be regulated by visitors by impounding the inflowing water in a small retaining basin above the upper waterfall using a slider. The volume of the cascading water increases for a while after the slider is lifted. It is operated from a footbridge which crosses the little reservoir by means of a long wooden lever. File:SankenbachfallSteg.JPG, Footbridge and lever for operating the retention system File:SankenbachfallWasserbecken.JPG, Upper fall and water reservoir File:SankenbachfallSchieber.JPG, View from above of the closed slider File:SankenbachfallAbbruchkante.JPG, Dam facility and edge of the lower main waterfall

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