Brucher dam

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Brucher dam
Aerial view of the Brucher Dam
Aerial view of the Brucher Dam
Location: Oberbergischer Kreis
Larger places nearby: Marienheide
Brucher Dam (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Brucher dam
Coordinates 51 ° 4 '52 "  N , 7 ° 33' 27"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 4 '52 "  N , 7 ° 33' 27"  E
Data on the structure
Construction time: 1912-1913
Height above foundation level : 27.5 m or 25 m
Height above the river bed : 21 m
Building volume: 28,000 m³
Crown length: 200 m
Crown width: 4.5 m
Data on the reservoir
Altitude (at congestion destination ) 369.77 m
Water surface 4.7 hectaresdep1
Storage space 3.38 million m³
Catchment area 5.8 km²
Design flood : 14.5 m³ / s

The Brucher dam belongs to the municipality of Marienheide ( Oberbergischer Kreis ) in North Rhine-Westphalia and, in addition to flood regulation, serves to raise the low water level and provide local recreation; Campsites are available. The operator of the dam is the Wupperverband . The dammed body of water is the Brucher Bach . Water is also supplied from the Wipper through a 1280 m long tunnel to the west of Holzwipper . Active recreation such as sailing, swimming, boating, etc. is possible on the reservoir .

Barrier structure of the Brucher Dam, water-side view

The Brucher Dam is best reached via the B 237 from Remscheid , the B 256 from the A 4 via Gummersbach or from the A 45 via the Meinerzhagen junction . Marienheide train station is two kilometers away.

The Brucher Dam, with which between 1912 and 1913 built from rubble stones according to the plans of Prof. Otto Intze , a 27.5 m (other information: 25 m) high weight dam with a crown width of 4.5 m and a length of 200 m , has a capacity of 3.38 million m³ and a surface of 47 hectares at maximum damming.

The dam, based on the Intze principle , was renovated and reinforced between 1990 and 1993 for 21 million DM. On the water side, a wall reinforcement with a cut-off wall, a separating layer and a drainage layer was concreted and a control corridor was installed. The dam was brought back to the state of the art .

On both sides of the dam was in the Second World War a Flak . Today, on one side, on a promontory, stands the DLRG water rescue station of the Bruch dam. On the other hand, the ruin is still there.

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