The Frauenau Dam (german: Trinkwassertalsperre Frauenau or ''Trinkwasserspeicher Frauenau'') in the
Bavarian Forest, was built in 1983 to ensure the drinking water supply to large parts of
Lower Bavaria.
Description
Because there was a shortage of groundwater in the Bavarian Forest due to the geological situation there, in the years 1976 to 1983 a water storage reservoir was built near
Frauenau and
Zwiesel, that was fed by the
Kleiner Regen and Hirschbach rivers which rose in the unsettled area on the Czech border between the
Falkenstein
Falkenstein or Falckenstein ("falcons' stone" in German) may refer to:
Places
Austria
* Falkenstein, Lower Austria, a market town in the district of Mistelbach
Germany
* Falkenstein, Bavaria, a market town in the district of Cham
* Falkenst ...
and
Rachel.
See also
*
List of 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 ''- ...
*
List of tallest dams
References
Literature
* ''Trinkwassertalsperre Frauenau'', Heft 17 in der Schriftenreihe ''Wasserwirtschaft in Bayern'', Oberste Baubehörde im Bayer. Innenministerium, 1984, .
* ''Talsperren in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland'', Peter Franke, Wolfgang Frey, DNK - DVWK 1987,
External links
*
Trinkwassertalsperre Frauenau - Stamm- und Qualitätsdaten{Dead link, date=March 2022 , bot=InternetArchiveBot , fix-attempted=yes (pdf file; 334 kB)
Dams in Bavaria
RFrauenau Reservoir
Bavarian Forest
Buildings and structures in Regen (district)
1980s architecture
Rock-filled dams