[3][4] The waterfall is formed by Devonian dolomite and its formation is due to the difference in hardness of mineral between its lower and upper parts.

[5][6] The town of Kuldiga was established here because the falls formed an obstacle on the Venta medieval inland shipping route.

[7] In the middle of the 17th century, Duke of Courland Jacob Kettler planned to dig a bypass to avoid the waterfall.

Excavation started on the right bank of the river, but the idea was abandoned because the dolomite was too hard and the work was too slow and difficult.

The fish that failed to overcome the waterfall were swept by the current back into the canals and ended up in the hanging baskets.

[2] Later, enterprising fishermen begin to rent a few metres of the waterfall, placed their baskets, and waited for them to fill up with fresh catch.

The Devil used to sleep at the sorcerer's hut, and each night he would collect a bag of stones and fly across the Venta.

[12][13] Another legend attributes the formation of the waterfall to the work Livonian Knights, who mined the stones for the construction of castles.

[14] Its width is 8 m and its length is 164 m. It was modelled after the bridge on the Moselle river in Germany that was erected at the time of Roman Empire.