The Diemelsee or Diemel Reservoir (german: Diemelstausee) is a

reservoir A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation. Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including contro ...

with a surface area of 1.65 km² and about capacity of 19.9 million m³ on the River Diemel in the counties of

Waldeck-Frankenberg Waldeck-Frankenberg is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the north of Hesse, Germany. Neighbouring districts are Höxter, Kassel, Schwalm-Eder, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Hochsauerland. History The district was created in 1972 by merging t ...

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, and Hochsauerlandkreis,

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. It is part of the Diemeltalsperre hydropower system (DiT) comprising the Diemel Dam, the

equalizing basin An equalizing basin (german: Ausgleichsbecken) or equalizing reservoir regulates the flow of water below an intermittently operated hydropower station or peaking power plant. This could be a part-load power station (''Teillast-Durchfluss-Kraftwer ...

, the power plant and the reservoir itself, owned by the Federal Waterway and Navigation Authority and managed by its Hann. Münden office. The Diemel Reservoir, along with the Edersee is part of the water regulation structure in the

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of the River Weser.

Location

The Diemelsee is located a few kilometres northeast of the Upland in the northeastern foothills of the Rothaar Mountains that lie in the northeast of the

Rhenish Massif The Rhenish Massif, Rhine Massif or Rhenish Uplands (german: Rheinisches Schiefergebirge, : 'Rhenish Slate Uplands') is a geologic massif in western Germany, eastern Belgium, Luxembourg and northeastern France. It is drained centrally, south to n ...

. It lies mainly within the county of Waldeck-Frankenberg, its smaller northern section and its dam belong to the county of Hochsauerlandkreis. In is also within the Diemelsee Nature Park between Willingen and

Marsberg Marsberg () is a town in the Hochsauerland district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. History Although its origins are obscure, Marsberg was a prospering town by the 13th century (it was even minting coins). It was a free city until 1807, when ...

on the territory of

Diemelsee The Diemelsee or Diemel Reservoir (german: Diemelstausee) is a reservoir with a surface area of 1.65 km² and about capacity of 19.9 million m³ on the River Diemel in the counties of Waldeck-Frankenberg in North Hesse, and Hochs ...

and the borough of Marsberg on the River Diemel and its tributary, the

Itter Itter is a municipality in the Kitzbühel District in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 18.60 km west of Kitzbühel, 5 km southeast of Wörgl, and 2.5 km north of Hopfgarten im Brixental. The village lies on a terrace above the ...

. Its

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, a ...

stands about 500 metres south of the village of Helminghausen (southwest of Marsberg). The only shoreline village is Heringhausen. The Diemelsee lies in a forested

Central Upland The Central UplandsDickinson (1964), p.18 ff. (german: die MittelgebirgeN.B. In German die ''Mittelgebirge'' (plural) refers to the Central Uplands; das ''Mittelgebirge'' refers to a low mountain range or upland region (''Mittel'' = "medium" and ...

countryside, whose highest point in the vicinity of the reservoir is the Köpfchen (ca. ; west of the Itterarm in the west). Immediately east-southeast of the dam rises the Eisenberg (594.6 m) and a few kilometres to the south of the dam is the mountain of Koppen (715.1 m).

Panorama

References

Wasser- und Schifffahrtsamt Hann. Münden: Diemeltalsperre und andere Talsperren
auf wsv.de. Paul Gerecke
''Die Diemeltalsperre''
in ''Zeitschrift für Bauwesen'', auf opus.kobv.de (

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4,56 MB) DIN 4048-1 Wasserbau, Begriffe, Stauanlagen, Januar, 1987

Literature

* Peter Franke, Wolfgang Frey: ''Talsperren in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland''. Herausgegeben vom Nationalen Komitee für Grosse Talsperren in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (DNK) und Deutscher Verband für Wasserwirtschaft und Kulturbau e. V. (DVWK), Systemdruck-GmbH, Berlin, 1987, . * Paul Gerecke: ''Die Diemeltalsperre''. In: '' Zeitschrift für Bauwesen'', 75th annual, 10th–12th issue (Ingenieurbauteil), 1925, pp. 93–104.

External links

Hann. Münden Waterway and Navigation Office: Diemel Dam and other dams
at wsv.de {{Authority control Reservoirs in Hesse Reservoirs in North Rhine-Westphalia RDiemelsee Dams in Hesse Dams in North Rhine-Westphalia Sauerland Waldeck-Frankenberg Hochsauerlandkreis 1920s architecture Gravity dams

Location

Panorama

See also

References

Literature

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