Big pond Torgau
| Big pond Torgau | |||||||||
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 32 '31 " N , 12 ° 59' 7" E | ||||||||
| Data on the structure | |||||||||
| Construction time: | between 1457 and 1484 | ||||||||
| Height above valley floor: | 5 m | ||||||||
| Crown length: | 800 m | ||||||||
| Data on the reservoir | |||||||||
| Water surface | 1.75 km² | ||||||||
| Storage space | 2.7 million m³ | ||||||||
| Total storage space : | 3.05 million m³ | ||||||||
| Catchment area | 251.8 km² | ||||||||
The Große Teich Torgau is a pond 1.5 to 2 m deep south of Torgau in the Free State of Saxony . The lake is used for fish farming , nature conservation , local recreation and flood protection . It was laid out as a fish pond by decree of the Electoral Saxony 1483/84 , possibly as early as 1478. The year 1457 is also mentioned.
The barrier structure is a dam , the dammed body of water is the Schwarze Graben / Weinske .
For the Torgau Fortress , the large pond was of great importance as a water reservoir for the irrigation of the moats. Every year in November, the tradition of fishing at the great pond is maintained. There is a nature reserve around the lake. The Naturschutzbund Deutschland set up the nature conservation center Biberhof Torgau on the shore in 1995 .
