Glingebach dam
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 13 '33 " N , 7 ° 59' 25" E | ||||||||
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| Construction time: | -1968 | ||||||||
| Height above foundation level : | 29 m | ||||||||
| Height above the river bed : | 28.5 | ||||||||
| Building volume: | 180 000 m³ | ||||||||
| Crown length: | 235 m | ||||||||
| Data on the reservoir | |||||||||
| Reservoir length | 750 m | ||||||||
| Storage space | 1.25 million m³ | ||||||||
| Total storage space : | 1.32 million m³ | ||||||||
| Catchment area | 8.1 | ||||||||
The Glingebachtalsperre (or Glingetalsperre) is the lower basin of the Rönkhausen pumped storage plant in Finnentrop - Rönkhausen near Plettenberg , North Rhine-Westphalia . The Glingebach (or the Glinge) is dammed here in a 750 m long reservoir .
The pumped storage power plant was put into operation in 1969 and is used to generate peak electricity . The upper basin is connected to the power house at the Glingebach dam via a pressure tunnel . The Elektromark Kommunales Elektrizitätswerk Mark AG ( Mark E AG ) operates the power plant.
After the storage space, the Glingetalsperre is the smallest dam in the Siegen-Olpe region in the area of the State Environment Agency Siegen.
Picture gallery
Upper basin
Lower basin of the pumped storage plant
See also
Web links
Commons : Glingebachtalsperre - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- Dams directory NRW (PDF; 122 kB)
- Dams in North Rhine-Westphalia; State Environment Agency NRW (PDF; 124 kB)