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Dams In The Harz
In the Harz mountains, there is a higher than average number of dams with their associated reservoirs. The reason is that the Harz is one of the regions with the heaviest rainfall in Germany and so its water power was utilised very early on. The first dam (on the Upper Harz Ponds) was built to drive water-powered pumps and stamp mills used in the mines. At present, the Harz reservoirs provide hydroelectricity, drinking water and flood protection particularly when the snows melt in spring. The following is a list of dams in the Harz: * Ecker Dam which impounds the waters of the Ecker * Grane Dam which impounds the waters of the Grane * Hassel Auxiliary Dam which impounds the waters of the Hassel, is part of the Rappbode Dam system * Innerste Dam which impounds the waters of the Innerste * Kelbra Dam which impounds the waters of the Helme * Königshütte Dam impounds the waters of both the Warme and Kalte Bode, and is part of the Rappbode Dam system * Mandelholz Dam (fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hassel Auxiliary Dam
The Hassel Auxiliary Dam or Hassel Dam at en.structurae.de. Accessed on 23 Jan 10. (german: Hasselvorsperre or ''Vorsperre Hassel'') is an auxiliary dam or on the Rappbode Reservoir in the of central Germany. It is located near |
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 water supply network known as the Upper Harz Water Regale (''Oberharzer Wasserregal''). Moreover, for 170 years, from the time it was completed to the end of the 19th century, the Oderteich had the largest dam in Germany.''Der Oderteich'' at www.harzlife.de. Accessed on 16 Nov 09. The dam lies at a height of by the B 242 federal highway, about a kilometre west of its intersection with the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oder (Harz)
The Oder is a river in Lower Saxony, Germany, and a right tributary of the Rhume. Its source is in the Harz mountains, near Sankt Andreasberg. It flows southwest through Bad Lauterberg, Pöhlde and Hattorf am Harz. The Oder flows into the Rhume in Katlenburg-Lindau. Course The Oder rises in the district of Goslar in the heart of the Harz Mountains. Its source is located in the southern part of the Brockenfeld about north of the Achtermannshöhe. The river's source is called the ''Odersprung'' or "Oder Leap." On the Brockenfeld, which is close to the ''Odersprung'', the rivers Abbe, Große Bode, Ecker and Kalte Bode also have their respective origins. On its perimeter is the ancient Dreieckiger Pfahl boundary stone. After the Oder passed under the B 4 federal highway in in east-west direction, it is impounded for the first time west of the village in the Oderteich, where it bends to the south. A few kilometres further downstream, the river is impounded for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. The owner and operator of the Oder Dam is the ''Harzwasserwerke''. Purposes The reservoir serves the following purposes: * Flood protection * Low water regulation * Power generation These functions sometimes create conflicting demands. For flood protection, the reservoir should be as empty as possible; for low water regulation, it is desirable that the reservoir is as full as possible. Accordingly, there are for the water economy an operating plan that is dependent on the time of year and the expected water quantities. e.g. snow meltwaters at the end of winter, droughts in summer. Dam The actual barrage is an embankment dam made of rubble (crushed stone) with a central concrete core and a grout curtain of clay. The concrete wall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 gravity dam made of rubble stone, based on the Intze Principle. The dam was built in 1904–1905, in the southern Harz mountains, and it was raised by a further 6.26 metres in 1922–1923. The impounded stream is the Krebsbach. The operator of the dam is the ''Thüringer Fernwasserversorgung''; the water is supplied to the ''Wasserverband Nordhausen'' (Nordhausen Water Association). Swimming and water sports are not permitted on the lake, but there is a public path around the lakeshore. The dam was refurbished between 1997 and 2001. It was reinforced, waterproofed on the upstream side with asphaltic concrete, and given an inspection walkway and an impervious blanket. On the western side of the valley is a checkpoint (no. 218) in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalte Bode
The Kalte Bode is the left-hand headstream of the Bode in the High Harz Mountains in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is long. Name The names of the Warme and Kalte Bode ("Warm" and "Cold" Bode) come from their actual temperature difference of about 2 °C. Course The Kalte Bode rises in the Upper Harz at the foot of its highest mountain, the legendary Brocken, in the southern part of the so-called ''Brockenfeld'', on the border with Lower Saxony, north of Braunlage. Immediately nearby are the sources of the Warme Bode, the Ecker and the Oder. The Kalte Bode flow initially eastwards to Schierke, along the northern slopes of the Wurmberg. In Schierke it changes direction and heads south. In the ''Elendstal'', a wild and romantic valley between Schierke and Elend, the Kalte Bode has to carry the huge quantities of water that run into this short section of river in spring. A few kilometres beyond Elend it is impounded in the Mandelholz retention basin, before being unit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 in the Harz mountains of Germany. It impounds the waters of the Kalte Bode when water levels are high. The dam was built from 1952 to 1957 and consists of an earth-fill dam with integrated concrete inspection walkway. In order to protect the crest from overspill, a spillway has been constructed south of it to handle excess water. The last time the dam was overspilled due to high water was in 1994. The height of the dam is variously given as 26 m (probably height above valley floor) or 28.4 m (probably structural height). Near Mandelholz on the Wormke (to the rear of the Mandelholz Dam) are the ruins of an older dam that supplied the Mandelholz Iron Works with water from 1612. Catastrophic flooding in 1855 destroyed the da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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). It is a so-called storage reservoir (''Überleitungssperre'') forming part of the Rappbode Dam system. The dam itself was built on the Bode from 1939–1943 and 1952–1956 with construction being interrupted by the war. It is an 18 metre high gravity dam, made of concrete, for the supply of drinking water and for flood protection. It also provides reserves of water during times of drought and hydro-electric power. The power station has a nominal output of 60 kW and generates 0.18 GWh per annum. The gently curving dam wall is 108 m long and has a volume of 13,500 m³. It can be overtopped along almost its entire length. In one section there is a fish-belly flap gate that can be lowered by 1.5 metres to provide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helme
The Helme is river in central Germany that is about long and which forms a left-hand, western tributary of the Unstrut in the states of Thuringia and Saxony-Anhalt. Course The river rises in Thuringia south of the Harz mountains in the district of Eichsfeld. Its source lies amongst the northern foothills of the Ohm Hills between Weißenborn-Lüderode and Stöckey by the ''Helmspring''. The Helme flows eastwards through the municipalities of Hohenstein and Werther to Nordhausen. Near Heringen the river is joined by the waters of the Zorge from the Harz. Northwest of the Kyffhäuser hills it is impounded into a reservoir and a flood retention basin by the Kelbra Dam in the Goldene Aue. From there the Helme – now in the state of Saxony-Anhalt – continues eastwards flowing through Roßla towards Allstedt, where it then swings south and enters Thuringia again. Near Kalbsrieth, southeast of Artern, it discharges into the Unstrut. Helme watershed The Helme watershed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Kelbra''). Purpose The dam was built to provide flood protection and its reservoir collects the waters of the Harz flowing into the southern Harz Foreland via the River Helme and its tributaries. The reservoir lake stores water for irrigation and is used for angling and recreation. Both dam and lake are operated jointly and cooperatively by the Thuringian Long Distance Water Supply (''Thüringer Fernwasserversorgung'') and the Saxony-Anhalt Dam Company (''Talsperrenbetrieb von Sachsen-Anhalt''). Dam The Kelbra Dam was built from 1962 to 1966 between Berga and Kelbra in the region known as the Goldene Aue between Nordhausen in the west and Sangerhausen in the east. It is located in the district of Mansfeld-Südharz (Saxony-Anhalt) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Innerste
The Innerste is a river in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Leine river and in length. Origin of the name The river name is not related to the German word ''innerste'' meaning innermost. ''Innerste'', in earlier times called the ''Inste'' (1805), ''Inderste'' (1567), ''Indistria'' (1313), ''Entrista'' (1065) and ''Indrista'' (1013), probably goes back to the Indo-Germanic root ''oid'' = ''turbulent, strong''. It may be the name referred to in the name of the battlefield of '' ''Idista''viso'' (16 A.D.). Course The river's source is in the Harz mountains, from the town of Clausthal-Zellerfeld to the southwest at an elevation of 615 m and is called ''Innerstesprung''. As a small brook, the Innerste flows west and passes a system of lakes, the first of which is called ''Entensumpf''. The next lakes are ''Oberer Nassenwieser Teich'', ''Bärenbrucher Teich'', ''Ziegenberger Teich'', and ''Sumpfteich''. The German word ''Teich'' means "pond". Having ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
