Eixendorftalsperre

Eixendorftalsperre
	Eixendorfer reservoir in summer 2013
Location:	Schwandorf district
Tributaries:	Schwarzach
Larger places nearby:	Neunburg vorm Wald
	Bavaria , Germany
Coordinates	49 ° 20 '23 " N , 12 ° 26' 37" E Coordinates: 49 ° 20 '23 " N , 12 ° 26' 37" E
	Data on the structure
Construction time:	1972-1976
Height above valley floor:	25 m
Height above foundation level :	30.20 m
Height above the river bed :	13 m
Height of the structure crown:	443.00 m
Building volume:	150,000 m³
Crown length:	130 m
Crown width:	8 m
Slope slope on the air side :	1: 1.75 - 1: 2.50
Slope slope on the water side :	1: 1.75-1: 2.00
Power plant output:	950 kW
	Data on the reservoir
Altitude (at congestion destination )	430.00 m
Water surface	100 ha
Storage space	19.30 million m³
Total storage space :	21.00 million m³
Catchment area	410 km²
Design flood :	260 m³ / s

The Eixendorf dam (also Eixendorfer See ) is located on the Schwarzach, east of Neunburg vorm Wald , in the Schwandorf district , in the Upper Palatinate .

dam

It is used for flood protection , low water increase (water regulation), electricity generation from hydropower and recreation and was put into operation on November 19, 1975 . Normally the dam is only half full; the remaining storage space (13.2 million m³) is intended for flood protection. The storage facility is operated by the Weiden Water Management Authority and the Eixendorf power plant by the Bavarian state power plants.

The dam is a rubble dam with an asphalt concrete inner seal. A road leads over the dam.

Eixendorf, Höllmühle, Obermühle, Seebarnhammer and a section of the former Bodenwöhr – Rötz railway sank into the reservoir .

power plant

The Eixendorf hydropower plant has an expansion capacity of 950 kW; the extended flow rate is 6.8 m³ / s, the maximum head 24.3 m. The electricity is generated using a Kaplan turbine . The standard energy capacity is 3.8 million kWh per year.

Picture gallery

Eixendorftalsperre with dam
Eixendorftalsperre (2011)

literature

Dams in the Federal Republic of Germany, Peter Franke, Wolfgang Frey, DNK - DVWK 1987, ISBN 3-926520-00-0

Web links

Commons : Eixendorftalsperre - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Eixendorfer See - Technical information from the Bavarian State Office for the Environment
Eixendorfer Reservoir - Pictures

Individual evidence

↑ Weiden Water Management Office, Die Eixendorf-Talsperre , accessed on July 23, 2015
↑ Bavarian State Office for the Environment, State Water Reservoir, Eixendorfer See , accessed on July 23, 2015
↑ Bayerische Landeskraftwerke, Eixendorf , accessed on June 7, 2013

[1] Weiden Water Management Office, Die Eixendorf-Talsperre , accessed on July 23, 2015

[2] Bavarian State Office for the Environment, State Water Reservoir, Eixendorfer See , accessed on July 23, 2015

[3] Bayerische Landeskraftwerke, Eixendorf , accessed on June 7, 2013