Overview
- The Breitachklamm secured 28.73% of about 26,643 votes, winning by 2,232 ballots over the Blautopf (20.35%), with the Wasserbaum third (13.49%).
- The online vote ran from August 11 to September 28, following a jury’s selection of nine finalists from public submissions.
- The initiative is organized by the Heinz Sielmann Foundation and the Deutscher Wanderverband, whose leaders praised the site as a model for experiencing and protecting nature.
- The gorge stretches roughly 2.5 kilometers between Oberstdorf-Tiefenbach and the Kleinwalsertal, with walls up to 150 meters and a river-carved landscape considered among Central Europe’s deepest.
- Tourist infrastructure dating to 1905 draws around 300,000 visitors annually, with secured walkways and a 2023 sustainability committee guiding conservation and visitor management.