Lauterbrunnen means many springs.
It drops a total of 200 meters.
These thunderous falls have carved corkscrew-shaped gorges inside the limestone mountain.
The waterfalls were invisible until 1877, when a tunnel was chiseled into the mountain.
In winter, however, the falls are reduced to a trickle.
Tolkiens Misty Mountains of The Hobbit is also based on Lauterbrunnen.
Lauterbrunnen became a UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site in 2001.
