AUSTRIA

AUSTRIA / ÖSTERREICH.

European Nature Preservation Year.
Krimml Waterfalls (Krimmler Wasserfälle).
Stamp issued on 19.05.1970.
Face value: 2 Austrian schilling.
Design: Otto Zeiller (1913-1988).
Engraving: Kurt Leitgeb (b. 1939).
Printing: Recess.
Print: 2,900,000 copies.
Size: 33 x 43 mm.

Catalogues
- AFA Bo. 1224.
- Michel No. 1325.
- Scott No. 862.
- StampWorld No. 1370.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1576.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1154.

Krimml Waterfalls (in German, Krimmler Wasserfälle), with a total height of 385 m (1,263 ft), are the highest waterfall in Austria. The falls are formed from the Krimmler Ache, a glacial stream, and are located near the village of Krimml, in the Hohe Tauern National Park (state of Salzburg), at an altitude of 1,090 m (3,576 ft). The waterfall descends in three steps of 145, 100 and 140 m.