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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 ...

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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'', ''-teich'' or ''-speicher'' which are the German words for "lake", "pond" and "reservoir", but in this case all may also be translated as "reservoir". The more specific word for the actual dam is ''Staumauer'' and for the lake is ''Stausee''.

Baden-Württemberg

* Kleine Kinzig Dam *

Nagold Dam The Nagold Dam (german: Nagoldtalsperre, also ''Erzgrube'') is a dam in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It was built between 1965 and 1970, and provides flood and drought protection in the Nagold valley. The dam lies within the county of ...

Schluchsee The Schluchsee is a reservoir lake in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, southeast of the Titisee in the Black Forest near Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. Name In the Alemannic dialects of the region the name of the lake is the ''Schluec ...

- highest reservoir lake in Germany and largest lake 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 ...

* Schwarzenbach Dam

Bavaria

* Ellertshäuser See *

Großer Brombachsee Großer Brombachsee is a reservoir in the Franconian Lake District The Franconian Lake District lies south-west of Nuremberg in northern Bavaria, Germany. It was created as a result of one of Germany's largest water-management projects and was ...

Forggensee The Forggensee, also called the Roßhaupten Reservoir, is a reservoir located north of Füssen in the county of Ostallgäu in Bavaria, Germany and one of many lakes in the region around Hohenschwangau and Neuschwanstein castles. With a surface ...

Frauenau Dam 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 shortag ...

Sylvenstein Dam Sylvenstein Dam is an earthen embankment dam in the Isar valley, in the alpine part of Upper Bavaria, Germany which impounds the Sylvenstein Reservoir (german: Sylvensteinspeicher). In the 1920s, several hydropower plants were built in the tr ...

* Altmühlsee *

Rothsee __NOTOC__ The Rotsee (previously known as Rootsee) is a natural rowing lake on the northern edge of Lucerne, Switzerland. It is regarded as one of the best rowing venues in the world. Description and location The lake and its surrounding area is ...

* Hahnenkammsee

Brandenburg

Spremberg Reservoir Spremberg ( dsb, Grodk) is a municipality near the Saxon city of Hoyerswerda and is in the Spree-Neiße district of Brandenburg, Germany. First mentioned in 1301, the town alone has 14,028 inhabitants, and the municipality, including other villa ...

Hesse

Aar Dam The Aar Dam and its reservoir, the Aartalsee, lie in the upper Aar (Dill), Aar valley in the German state of Hesse. Both are in the municipalities of Bischoffen and Hohenahr in the county of Lahn-Dill-Kreis and about 15 km northwest of the to ...

* Affoldern Reservoir * Antrift Dam * Diemelsee (reservoir) *

Driedorf Reservoir Driedorf is a municipality in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis in Hesse, Germany. Geography Location Driedorf lies from 416 to 642 m above sea level on a tableland in the high Westerwald. Mademühlen Mademühlen has about 1,000 inhabitants and lies in the "H ...

Edersee The Edersee, also known as the Ederstausee, is an reservoir in Waldeck-Frankenberg, Hesse, Germany with of storage space. It has the 2nd largest area (behind the Forggensee), and the 3rd largest volume (behind the Bleilochstausee and Rurstause ...

Lower Saxony

Ecker Dam The Ecker Dam (german: Eckertalsperre) is a gravity dam in the Harz mountain range near Bad Harzburg, Germany. Constructed between 1939 and 1943, it is today operated by the Harzwasserwerke company. The dam's reservoir impounds the waters of the ...

Grane Dam The Grane Dam (german: Granetalsperre) is a dam above the village of Astfeld/Herzog-Juliushütte in the borough of Langelsheim in the Lower Saxon part of the Harz mountains. Dam system It is the newest dam in the Harz, built in 1969 in the ...

Innerste Dam The Innerste Dam (german: Innerstetalsperre) is a dam on the Innerste river, which lies near Langelsheim and Wolfshagen in the Harz mountains. It was built between 1963 and 1966 and belongs to the ''Harzwasserwerke''. Its purposes are the suppl ...

Oder Dam The Oder Dam (german: Odertalsperre) is a dam in the Harz mountains of Germany. It lies above Bad Lauterberg in the district of Göttingen in Lower Saxony and impounds the river Oder. The dam went into service in 1934 after taking 3 years to build ...

Oderteich The Oderteich is an historic reservoir about seven kilometres northeast of Sankt Andreasberg in the Upper Harz in central Germany. It was built by miners from St. Andreasberg in the years 1715 to 1722 and, today, is an important component of the ...

Oker Dam The Oker Dam (german: Okertalsperre) is a dam in the Harz mountains in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is fed by the River Oker. Technology The dam is in the shape of an arch (see arch-gravity dam). It is 75 m high, 260 m long, can impound ...

Söse Dam The Söse Dam is a dam in the Lower Saxon part of the Harz mountains near Osterode in the German state of Lower Saxony. It was the first modern dam and reservoir complex (German: ''Talsperre'') to be built in the Harz and was constructed by the ...

Wendebach Dam Wendebach Reservoir (german: Wendebachstausee) is an artificial lake with a surrounding recreation park (''Erholungspark Wendebach'') in the municipalities of Gleichen and Friedland, Lower Saxony, Germany, about 8 km south of Göttingen. It i ...

North Rhine-Westphalia

*Aabach Dam *

Agger Dam Agger may refer to: * Agger (surname) * Agger (ancient Rome), a type of ancient Roman rampart or embankment * Agger (river), a river in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany * Agger nasi, an anatomical feature of the nose * Agger Rockshelter, in Wiscons ...

* Ahauser Reservoir * Baldeney Reservoir * Bever Dam * Beyenburg Reservoir *

Biggesee The Biggesee or Bigge Reservoir (german: Biggetalsperre) is a reservoir in Germany. It lies in the southern part of the Sauerland between Olpe, Germany, Olpe and Attendorn. Purpose The lake serves to regulate the rivers Ruhr (river), Ruhr and L ...

* Borchen Flood Control Basin * Breitenbach Dam * Bruchbachtal-Büderich Flood Control Basin * Bruch Dam * Dahlhausen Dam *Diepental Dam * Große Dhünn Dam * Dreilägerbach Dam * Ebbinghausen Flood Control Basin * Eicherscheid Flood Control Basin * Eiserbach Dam *

Ennepe Dam The Ennepe is a river, and a left tributary of the Volme in Northern Sauerland, Germany. It gave its name to the town Ennepetal, and the district Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis. Course of River The Ennepe begins in the Märkischer Kreis southeast of Halve ...

* Eringerfeld Flood Control Basin * Eschbach Dam * Esmecke Reservoir * Fuelbecke Dam * Fürwigge Dam *

Genkel Dam Genkel is a river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It flows into the Agger reservoir near Bergneustadt Bergneustadt (; ksh, Bärrschneushtadt) is a municipality in the eastern part of the Oberbergischer Kreis (district), in North Rhine- ...

* Glingebach Dam * Glör Dam * Gollentaler Grund Flood Control Basin *

Hengsteysee The Hengsteysee (Lake Hengstey) is a reservoir on the Ruhr river between the cities of Hagen, Dortmund and Herdecke, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was built in 1929 and is one of five reservoirs on the Ruhr. The reservoir is about long ...

* Kall Dam * Kemnader See *

Möhne Reservoir The Möhne Reservoir, or Moehne Reservoir, is an artificial lake in North Rhine-Westphalia, some 45 km east of Dortmund, Germany. The lake is formed by the damming of two rivers, Möhne and Heve, and with its four basins stores as much as 13 ...

* Olef Dam * Perlenbach Dam *

Rur Dam The Rur Dam (german: Rurtalsperre Schwammenauel) is a 77.2 metre high dam located in the southwestern part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. It was built in 1939 and impounds the River Rur to form the Rur Reservoir (''Rurstau ...

* Sorpe Reservoir *

Steinbachtal Dam The Steinbachtal Dam (german: Steinbachtalsperre) is a dam in the city of Euskirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia south of . History The dam was built due to pressure from the Euskirchen cloth industry, who by the late 1920s was no longer able to m ...

Urft Dam The Urft Dam (german: Urfttalsperre) is a 58.50 metre high dam in the southwestern part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. It was built in 1905. The dam impounds the River Urft in the district of Euskirchen to create the Urft Reser ...

* Wahnbach Dam * Wehebach Dam * Wupper Dam

Saxony

Altenberg Reservoir Altenberg (German for "old mountain" or "mountain of the old") may refer to: Places Austria * Altenberg, a town in Sankt Andrä-Wördern, Tulln District * Altenberg bei Linz, in Upper Austria * Altenberg an der Rax, in Styria Germany * Altenber ...

Bautzen Reservoir The Bautzen Reservoir, (german: 'Talsperre Bautzen') is a reservoir on the River Spree in Germany. It is situated just north of the city of Bautzen in the state of Saxony. The dam was built from 1968 to 1975, and has been in operation since 1977. ...

* Borna Reservoir * Buschbach Flood Control Basin * Carlsfeld Dam *

Cranzahl Dam {{Infobox dam , name = Cranzahl Dam , name_official = , image = HPIM7792.jpg , image_size = , image_caption = Cranzahl Dam, December 2006 , image_alt = , location_map = , locati ...

* Dörnthaler Teich * Dröda Dam * Eibenstock Dam * Einsiedel Dam * Euba Dam * Falkenstein Dam *

Forchheim Auxiliary Dam Forchheim () is a town in Upper Franconia (german: Oberfranken) in northern Bavaria, and also the seat of the administrative district of Forchheim. Forchheim is a former royal city, and is sometimes called the Gateway to the Franconian Switze ...

* Friedrichswalde-Ottendorf Flood Control Basin *

Gottleuba Dam The Gottleuba Dam is the second highest dam in Saxony, Germany. It serves as a reservoir for water supply for the town Pirna and provides flood protection, but energy production is small. The dam was built between 1965 and 1974. It is located at t ...

* Quitzdorf Dam *

Sosa Dam The Sosa Dam (german: Talsperre Sosa) is a dam in the Free State of Saxony in East Germany. It supplies drinking water to the Western Ore Mountains as well as acting as flood protection. History The dam was built between 1949 and 1952 in the ' ...

Saidenbach Dam {{Infobox dam , name = Saidenbach Dam , name_official = , image = Saidenbach-Staumauer.jpg , image_size = , image_caption = The Saidenbach Dam , image_alt = , location_ma ...

* Wallroda Dam

Saxony-Anhalt

Kelbra Dam The Kelbra Dam (german: Talsperre Kelbra) is a dam on the River Helme in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. Behind the dam is the lake known as the Kelbra Reservoir (''Stausee Kelbra'') or Kelbra Flood Retention Basin (''Hochwasserrückhaltebecken ...

* Kiliansteich Dam *

Königshütte Dam The Königshütte Dam (german: Talsperre Königshütte) is a dam in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt in the Harz mountains. It impounds the River Bode and lies between Königshütte and Susenburg (both in the borough of Oberharz am Brocken). I ...

Mandelholz Dam The Mandelholz Dam (german: Mandelholztalsperre) holds back the Kalte Bode Flood Control Basin (''Hochwasserschutzbecken Kalte Bode'') which is a flood protection reservoir located between the villages of Elend and Königshütte near Wernigerode ...

Rappbode Dam The Rappbode Dam (german: Rappbode-Talsperre) is the largest dam in the Harz region as well as the highest dam in Germany. Together with several other dams and retention basins, it forms the flood protection system for the eastern Harz. The indi ...

, highest dam in Germany. * Rappbode Auxiliary Dam *

Wendefurth Dam The Wendefurth Dam (german: Talsperre Wendefurth) near Wendefurth in the Harz is one of the dams downstream of the Rappbode Dam, that provides flood protection as well as impounding the River Bode to provide the lower reservoir for the Wendefurth ...

* Wippra Dam *

Zillierbach Dam The Zillierbach Dam (german: Zillierbachtalsperre) lies in the East Harz in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt near the town of Elbingerode (Harz) and impounds the Zillierbach stream. It supplies drinking water to several villages in the High Harz ...

Thuringia

In Thuringia there are 171 reservoirs. The biggest of them are: * Bleiloch Dam (biggest reservoir in Germany, volume: ~215 million m³), river

Saale The Saale (), also known as the Saxon Saale (german: Sächsische Saale) and Thuringian Saale (german: Thüringische Saale), is a river in Germany and a left-bank tributary of the Elbe. It is not to be confused with the smaller Fränkische Saale, ...

Deesbach Forebay The Deesbach Forebay (german: Vorsperre Deesbach) is a dam in the German state of Thuringia in the Thuringian Highland. It impounds the river Lichte and lies between the municipalities Lichte (Geiersthal) and Unterweissbach. That particular fo ...

(height 42.5 m; volume ~3.2 million m³), 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 ...

* Haselbach Reservoir (~25 million m³), flooded opencast mining area *

Hohenwarte Reservoir Hohenwarte is a municipality in the district Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, in Thuringia, Germany. Geography The municipality is situated in Naturpark Thüringer Schiefergebirge-Obere Saale on the Hohenwarte-Stausee. History Honewarte was first mentio ...

(volume: ~182 million m³), river

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 ...

(height 102.5 m; volume ~32,4 million m³), river

Neustadt Dam The Neustadt Dam, also known as the Nordhausen Dam (german: Talsperre Neustadt or ''Nordhäuser Talsperre''), is the oldest dam in the Free State of Thuringia in Germany. It supplies drinking water to the town of Nordhausen. The dam is a curved ...

- Thuringia's oldest dam *

Schmalwasser Dam Schmalwasser is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany on the southern edge of the Lüneburg Heath. The Schmalwasser rises near Blickwedel (a district of Sprakensehl), winds southwards, is joined from the left by the Räderbach and discharges into t ...

(~21,2 million m³), river

Schmalwasser Schmalwasser is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany on the southern edge of the Lüneburg Heath. The Schmalwasser rises near Blickwedel (a district of Sprakensehl), winds southwards, is joined from the left by the Räderbach and discharges into th ...

Schönbrunn Dam Schönbrunn may refer to: *Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna, Austria *Tiergarten Schönbrunn, Schönbrunn Zoo in Schönbrunn Palace gardens *Schönbrunn (Vienna U-Bahn), Schönbrunn Station of the Vienna U-Bahn *Schönbrunn (Baden), a municipality in Rh ...

(~23,2 million m³), river

Schleuse Schleuse is a river of Thuringia, Germany. It is a tributary of the Werra, which it joins in Kloster Veßra. The town Schleusingen lies on the Schleuse. See also

*List of rivers of Thuringia Rivers of Thuringia Rivers of Germany {{Thur ...

* Zeulenroda Dam (~30,4 million m³), river Weida

References

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