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| Location: | At Tiefenbach, near Oberstdorf. Follow B19 from Sonthofen to Oberstdorf, turn right to Tiefenbach some kilometers before Oberstdorf. Signposted. |
| Open: |
Winter daily 9-16. Summer daily 8-17. [2008] |
| Fee: |
Adults EUR 3, Children EUR 1.50. [2008] |
| Classification: |
 Gorge
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| Light: | n/a |
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| Address: | Breitachklamm, Tel: +49-8322-4887. |
| Last update: | $Date: 2011/12/13 08:47:23 $ |
| 1905 | opened to the public. | |
| 23-SEP-1995 | after a landslide 50,000m³ of debris damed up a 30 metre deep lake. | |
| 23-MAR-1996 | dam broke and flood caused damage of EUR 150,000. |
The Breitachklamm (Breitach gorge) is located at the end of the Kleinwalsertal (Small Walser Valley). The gorge is about 2.5km long and up to 150m deep, but often only a few meters wide. The gorge was developed at the beginning of the 20th century. It was an idea of the village priest of Tiefenbach Johannes Schiebel who hoped to draw tourist income to the small and poor village. This idea was very successful and today the gorge is one of the favourite day trip destinations in the Allgäu area.
The biggest desaster happened only a few years ago. On 23-SEP-1995 a landslide happened and some 50,000m³ of rock and scree fell into the gorge. This dammed the river and a 30 metre deep lake formed in the upper part of the gorge. On 23-MAR-1996 the dam broke and the following flood damaged the trails of the gorge. The repairs cost about EUR 150,000.
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