DEUTSCHLAND	GERMANY
Bundesland: Freistaat Sachsen	Saxony
Landkreis: Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge

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The Amsel falls are a waterfall in the 'Saxon Switzerland', roughly one kilometre north of the famous Bastei rocks.

As the Grünbach stream passes through a particularly narrow, gorge-like section of the Amselgrund valley it plunges over the largest step in the river bed — roughly 10 m high — forming a wide spray of water that pours over the Amselloch, a collapsed cave. The original stream (first mentioned in 1548) flowed almost entirely through the cave, but in the 19th entury it had been diverted over the top of the cave to the cascade site. Additionally, the waterfall, like the Lichtenhain Waterfall, was arranged to flow through a small, controllable weir wicket in order to produce a stream-like torrent, in order to enhance its touristic attraction.

Further glasses depicting natural sights from the Saxon Switzerland region show views of the Bastei-Brücke, Lichtenhain Waterfalls and Großer Winterberg.

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amsel_Falls]