Klause (hydraulic engineering)
As Klause , Floßsee , regional and Kluse , drenching or Wooge , referred to a defense that the damming of waters for rafting (regional also: drift) was built.
If the rafters in the dam, where appropriate, in addition along the lower course, plenty of felled tree trunks or cut or split logs had accumulated, which opened Klaus master the closure of the hermitage and let the accumulated water, including wood from. With the artificial "flood", the wood was swept along over long distances and carried by the raftsmen before it was taken out of the water at a landing point.
The unintentional relocation of a body of water by driftwood is still referred to today as " lock-up ". You can easily flood lead.
Klausen were in operation from the end of the Middle Ages to around the 1960s (e.g. the Archduke Johann Klause on the Grundache (Tyrol) or the Prescenyklause on the Salza in Styria ).
Terms
The term hermitage is also often equated with dammed water.
The synonym Kluse is used in the Black Forest . Both names are derived from the Middle High German Kluse , and thus from the Latin cl (a) usum (dt. To close). In the northern Black Forest the name is Schwallung .
A special form is the Schwenzklause , which was created above a main hermitage in order to supply it with additional water and thus facilitate the drift of the wood.
Earlier Klausen
After technical progress made most of the Klausen obsolete, they were no longer maintained and left to decay. Structures that are still preserved today are often listed or are part of open-air museums and themed hiking trails.
In some areas the earlier existence of Klausen has often been reflected in winning names.
Black Forest
- Herrenwieser Schwallung - the dam from the 19th century has been preserved and is now used as a bridge.
- Menzenschwander Kluse - Remnants of the former dam can still be found below today's Kluse. Location: 47 ° 47 ′ 20 ″ N , 8 ° 5 ′ 29 ″ E
- Ibacher Kluse - today a mini hydropower plant. Location: 47 ° 45 ′ 11 ″ N , 8 ° 6 ′ 4 ″ E
Klausen (also called Wooge ) in the Palatinate Forest
Klausen in Bavaria
- in Schneizlreuth in Berchtesgadener Land :
- Kastnerklause
- Hientalklause
- Backinger Klause
- Aschauer Klause
- Röthelbachklause
- Steinbachklause
- Theresienklause near Marktschellenberg in Berchtesgadener Land
- in Ruhpolding in the Traunstein district
- Röthelmoosklause
- Seeklause Förchensee
- Klause at the rear Kraxenbach
- Reschbachklause in the Freyung-Grafenau district
Klausen in Austria
- Chorinsky-Klause in Weißenbachtal near Bad Goisern on Lake Hallstatt
- Archduke Johann Klause on the Brandenberger Ache , in Brandenberg in Tyrol
- Fischbachklause in Unken in the state of Salzburg
- Great hermitage on the Reichramingbach
- Klausen-Leopoldsdorf wood drift system in Klausen-Leopoldsdorf
- Muckklause in Unken in the state of Salzburg
- Prescenyklause on the Salza , near Weichselboden in Styria .
- Seeklause in Steeg in Bad Goisern , to regulate Lake Hallstatt .
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