Name	Staubbachfall
Height	297 m
Coordinates	2 635744 1 159914
Head zone	transition free
Fall zone	simple free falling
Impact zone	alluvial fan
Name of water body	Staubbach
Catchment area	2,3 km2
City	Lauterbrunnen

Song oft he spirits over the water
On his second trip through Switzerland 1779/1780 Johann Wolfgang von Ghoete visited the romantic valley Lauterbrunnen. The famous Staubencreekfall falls 297 meter above the Mürrenflue, Goethe got inspired in early October 1779 for comparison of the human soul with the natural cycle of water and the human destiny with the wind. The foundation for the poem was laid. To Charlotte von Stein Goethe wrote: „ we have seen the Staubcreek in good weather for the first time and the blue sky shone through. On the rock walls hung clouds, even the pate, where the Staubcreek comes down, was lightly covered. It is a very exalted object "This poem was published in 1789.

The spirit of Man
Resembles water:
Coming from heaven,
Rising to heaven,
And hither and thither,
To Earth must then
Ever descend.

It leaps from the heights
Of the sheer cliff,
In a pure stream,
Then rises sweetly
In clouds of spray
Against smooth stone,
And lightly received
Flows like a veil
Streaming softly
To depths beneath.

When the sheer rocks
Hinder its fall,
It foams angrily
Flowing stepwise
Into the void.
Along its flat bed
It wanders the vale,
And on the calm lake
All the bright stars
Gaze at their faces.

Wind is the water’s
Sweet lover:
Wind stirs up foaming
Waves from the deep.

Spirit of Man
How like water you are!
Man’s fate, oh,
How like the wind!