The ponds of the

Lower Harz Pond and Ditch System Within the Lower Harz region (in the counties of Harz and Mansfeld-Südharz in central Germany) are still many traces of the historical water management facilities used by the mining industry. In addition to water-carrying ditches and ponds, there ...

in Germany consist of around 20 small and larger reservoirs. Most were laid out roughly from the beginning of the 17th century between the Upper Lude, Großer Auerberg, Straßberg, Neudorf and Silberhütte. Several of the pond barrages are classified as dams. The dam of the Gräfiggründer Teich is also the second oldest reservoir in Germany. The ponds are located in the mining fields of Straßberg, Silberhütte, Birnbaum and Neudorf.

Table of ponds

Footnotes

Sources

* Wilfried Strenz, Historisch-geographische Forschungen in der DDR * Robert Wouters (Hrsg. Damnbetrieb Sachsen-Anhalt), Damn in Sachsen-Anhalt, * Wilfried Ließmann: ''Historischer Bergbau im Harz'', {{ISBN, 978-3-540-31328-1

External links

Straßberg

harzlife.de

harzkaleidoskop.de
! Reservoirs in Germany de:Liste der Teiche des Unterharzer Teich- und Grabensystems#Bergbau in Straßberg und Neudorf