The Nagold Dam (german: Nagoldtalsperre, also ''Erzgrube'') is a dam in the German state of
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...
. It was built between 1965 and 1970, and provides
flood
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and
drought protection
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in the
Nagold valley. The dam lies within the county of
Freudenstadt and was taken into service in 1971, and the nearest settlement is
Seewald-Erzgrube.
Leisure
Its location in the middle of a 650 hectare
protected area
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in the
Black Forest
The Black Forest (german: Schwarzwald ) is a large forested mountain range in the state of Baden-Württemberg in southwest Germany, bounded by the Rhine Valley to the west and south and close to the borders with France and Switzerland. It is t ...
makes the impounded Nagold Reservoir a popular recreation area. From 1 April to 30 September, sailing is permitted on the lake. The
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 ...
has a
pre-dam about 800 metres above the
head of the reservoir
In hydrology, the head is the point on a watercourse up to which it has been artificially broadened and/or raised by an impoundment. Above the head of the reservoir natural conditions prevail; below it the water level above the riverbed has be ...
.
Gallery
File:Nagoldtalsperre Vorsperre.JPG, Pre-dam
File:Nagold-Stausee unterer Teil.JPG, Lower part of the reservoir at low water
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 ''-see' ...
Literature
*Peter Franke, Wolfgang Frey: ''Talsperren in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland'', DNK – DVWK 1987, {{ISBN, 3-926520-00-0.
External links
Seewald-Erzgrube
Dams completed in 1970
Black Forest
Dams in Baden-Württemberg
Freudenstadt (district)