Querfurt flood retention basin
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 22 '30 " N , 11 ° 34' 48" E | ||||||||
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| Construction time: | 2016-2018 | ||||||||
| Height above valley floor: | 7 m | ||||||||
| Crown length: | 140 m | ||||||||
| Crown width: | 60 m | ||||||||
| Slope slope on the air side : | 1: 3 | ||||||||
| Slope slope on the water side : | 1: 3 | ||||||||
| Data on the reservoir | |||||||||
| Reservoir length | Max. 1.7 km | ||||||||
| Storage space | 385,000 m³ | ||||||||
| Particularities: |
only dammed in during high water |
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The Querfurt flood retention basin is used for flood protection in the Querne catchment area in Saxony-Anhalt. The flood retention basin is located between Querfurt and Lodersleben. The Querne (in the further course of Weida), which flows over the Saale into the Elbe , is dammed during high water . The Querfurt flood retention basin is operated by the Saxony-Anhalt dam operation.
The dam is a straight earth dam.
The flood retention basin was built between 2016 and 2018 after damage from flooding in Querfurt.
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