The Deesbach Forebay (german: Vorsperre Deesbach) is a
dam
A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or underground streams. Reservoirs created by dams not only suppress floods but also provide water for activities such as irrigation, human consumption, industrial use ...
in the German state of
Thuringia
Thuringia (; german: Thüringen ), officially the Free State of Thuringia ( ), is a state of central Germany, covering , the sixth smallest of the sixteen German states. It has a population of about 2.1 million.
Erfurt is the capital and larg ...
in the
Thuringian Highland
The Thuringian Highland, Thuringian Highlands or Thuringian-Vogtlandian Slate MountainsKohl, Horst; Marcinek, Joachim and Nitz, Bernhard (1986). ''Geography of the German Democratic Republic'', VEB Hermann Haack, Gotha, p. 7 ff. . (german: Thüring ...
. It impounds the river
Lichte
220px, Wallendorfer Porcelain Manufacture, Oct. 2006
220px, Leibis-Lichte Dam, 102.5 m high
Lichte is a village and a former municipality in the district of Sonneberg in Thuringia, Germany, close to the Thuringian Rennsteig. Formerly in th ...
and lies between the municipalities
Lichte (Geiersthal) and
Unterweissbach. That particular
forebay belongs to the
Leibis-Lichte Dam
The Leibis-Lichte Dam (german: Talsperre Leibis –Lichte) is a dam in the German state of Thuringia in the Thuringian Highland. The dam was completed in 2005 to impound the River Lichte, between the Lichte municipality section Geiersthal and Un ...
(de: Talsperre Leibis-Lichte).
The name, Deesbach Forebay, was derived d from the close proximity to the municipality
Deesbach.
See also
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List of reservoirs and dams in Germany
These are dams and reservoirs in Germany.
The German word ''Talsperre'' (literally: valley barrier) may mean dam, but it is often used to include the associated reservoir as well. The reservoirs are often separately given names ending in ''-see' ...
References
External links
''Leibis-Lichte Dam'' on homepage of the ''Thuringian long-distance water supply (de: Tueringer Fernwasserversorgung''Homepage (private) concerning the Leibis-Lichte DamPictures of the building site
on ''baustellen-doku.info''
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Reservoirs in Thuringia
Dams in Thuringia
Lichte
Dams completed in 1991
Buildings and structures in Saalfeld-Rudolstadt
1991 establishments in Germany
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