Schwenzklause
As Schwenzklause or Zuklause is known in hydraulic engineering a special type of cell that was built as an auxiliary or Vorklause above the actual cell. However, wood was rarely brought down to the valley from these Klausen.
Origin of the term
Swinging is derived from floating . Additional water - in rare cases wood - was washed from the Schwenzklause to the main cave .
technical description
Schwenzklausen were created above the main hermitage in side valleys and side ditches in order to strengthen the water of the main streams. When the water in the main hermitage had partially drained off and its effect decreased, the wood could be brought to the valley more reliably with additional water from a Schwenzklause. It was also possible to transport more wood. Since Schwenzklausen were built at a certain distance from the main hermitage, the opening times of the main and Schwenzklause had to be precisely coordinated, depending on the distance to be covered by the water, in order to achieve the greatest possible effect.
Examples of Schwenzklausen
An example of a Schwenzklause is the Hientalklause in the area of the municipality of Schneizlreuth , which in addition to its function as a hermitage probably also served as a Schwenzklause for the Bäckinger Klause .
Individual evidence
- ^ Friedrich Benedict Weber: General German terminological economic lexicon , p. 67 on books.google.de, accessed on August 8, 2019
- ^ Franz Xaver Georg Heldenberg: Practical Forestry: for prospective foresters , p. 256 on books.google.de, accessed on August 8, 2019
- ↑ Muckklause - historic Triftanlage on baysf.de, accessed on August 8, 2019
- ↑ Die Hientalklause on schneizlreuth.de, accessed on August 8, 2019