Glasebacher pond
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 36 '34 " N , 11 ° 3' 39" E | ||||
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| Construction time: | 1716 | ||||
| Height of the barrier structure : | approx. 6 m | ||||
| Crown length: | approx. 100 m | ||||
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| Storage space | 300,000 m³ | ||||
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Broken in 1752 |
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The Glasebacher pond was an artificial pond created for mining purposes near Straßberg . With a reservoir volume of approx. 300,000 m³, it was the second largest pond in the Lower Harz. The Glasebach was dammed .
history
The pond was an artificial and engine pond that supplied water to drive shafts, stamp mills , watermills and huts . The pond was created in 1716 under the direction of mine director Christian Zacharias Koch . As a result of a storm, the dam broke as early as 1752 after the harrow system could no longer be operated. The water masses of the dam breach destroyed the Bärlochsmühle at the valley exit.
The section of the dam that still exists today is part of the Unterharzer pond and ditch system .
Individual evidence
- ^ Christian Zacharias Koch: From the mine household to Strassberg. Edited in excerpts and with notes by Johann Gottfried Keßler . 1st edition. Hendel, Hall 1810.