Hirzmann reservoir
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| Coordinates | 47 ° 0 '17 " N , 15 ° 4' 14" E | ||||||
| Data on the structure | |||||||
| Lock type: | Equiangular vaulted wall | ||||||
| Construction time: | 1947-1950 | ||||||
| Height of the barrier structure : | 58.6 m | ||||||
| Building volume: | 43,000 m³ | ||||||
| Crown length: | 172 m | ||||||
| Power plant output: | 9.8 MW | ||||||
| Operator: | Verbund AG | ||||||
| Data on the reservoir | |||||||
| Altitude (at congestion destination ) | 708 m above sea level A. | ||||||
| Water surface | 41.7 ha | ||||||
| Reservoir length | 5 km | ||||||
| Reservoir width | Max. 170 m | ||||||
| Maximum depth | 47 m | ||||||
| Storage space | 7.1 million m³ | ||||||
| Catchment area | 160 km² | ||||||
| Particularities: |
highest dam in Styria, natural bathing lake |
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The Hirzmann-Stausee or Speicher Hirzmann (also Hierzmann-Stausee ) is a reservoir in the communities of Edelschrott and St. Martin am Wöllmißberg in the Austrian state of Styria . In addition to the Langmann reservoir, it forms one of two dams on the Teigitsch River and supplies the St. Martin , Arnstein and Teigitschmühle power plants with headwaters.
Location and surroundings
The reservoir is nestled between Herzogberg and Wöllmißberg, two eastern foothills of the Styrian border mountains , at 708 m above sea level. A. , at the middle of the Teigitsch . Similar to a fjord, the reservoir extends over 5 km in a north-west-south-east direction and covers an area of almost 42 ha, which makes it the third largest reservoir in Styria after the Salza reservoir and the Packer reservoir a few kilometers upstream . The closest places are Edelschrott northwest and Sankt Martin am Wöllmißberg northeast of the lake. The area share of the municipality of St. Martin is negligible at just under 2%. The immediate lakeshore is lined with dense mixed forest except for short sections at the Edelschrott reservoir and the dam .
dam
The dam was built between 1947 and 1950 under the direction of architect Fritz Haas by STEWEAG and ensured a considerable improvement in the storage capacity of the KW Teigitsch group . The 58.6 m high barrier structure in the form of a vaulted wall represents the highest dam in Styria. The building material was brought to a cable car from the Graz-Köflacher Bahn by light rail, from whose top station it came to the construction site with another light rail.
The lake, with a storage capacity of up to 7.1 million m³, served as additional storage space for the Arnstein power station until the St. Martin power station was built between 1964 and 1965 , but the water was drained unused into the Teigitsch stream bed. Since then, the annual storage facility has been supplying the St. Martin power plant via a 985 m long pressure tunnel , which generates 15,500 MWh of electricity annually with a bottleneck capacity of 9.8 MW .
According to the ÖWB , STEWEAG had to clear the passage over the dam wall for local interests. Since the foot bridge was removed, it was not possible to cross the barrier crown from May 2017. The long stretch of water could only be crossed on a bridge near Edelschrott. In March 2019, an "alpine path" (simple stairs) was set up on the west side of the dam, and on the east side the ascent is via the street. Thus, the reservoir can be circumnavigated again for hikers.
tourism
The reservoir is located in the Lipizzanerheimat tourist region and is often used as a natural bathing lake and for fishing . The shore can be reached via a municipal road that leads from Edelschrott to the Herzogberg. The historic Ströhberne Bruck'n and a publicly accessible bathing jetty are located on it in the immediate vicinity of the reservoir bridge. You can also borrow a rowing boat from the Seeblick buffet . Part of the Hans Kloepfer circular hiking trail to and from Köflach leads along the north-east bank .
The dam at the southeast end of the lake can be reached on foot via a non-public road operated by Verbund AG. A few minutes' walk from the dam is a climbing garden (difficulty 3 to 8 ) on a south-west slope made of Stainzer slab gneiss .
photos
Private row boat
Rocky coast on the northeast bank
On the Hans Kloepfer hiking trail
View from the hiking trail to the dam
At the dam
Web links
- The lake at the Styria tourism portal
- Natural bathing lake at bergfex.at
- Hirzmannsperre climbing garden at bergstieg.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g St. Martin storage power plant. Verbund AG , accessed on June 7, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Measurement in AMap Fly 5.0 / ÖK 1: 50,000, published by the BEV .
- ^ Ernst Lasnik : 177 West Styrian Treasures. An art and culture guide through the Lipizzaner homeland. V. f. Collector, Graz 2014, ISBN 978-3-85365-273-2 , pp. 125–126.
- ↑ Manfred Hohn: 3. The field railways during the construction of the Hierzman lock. In: Feldbahnen in Austria. Leykam, Graz 2011. ISBN 978-3-7011-7766-0 . Pp. 32-33.
- ↑ Wasserbuch extract 16/676. State of Styria , accessed June 7, 2017 .
- ↑ Lipizzaner home - Hirzmann reservoir. (No longer available online.) Tourism Association Lipizzanerheimat, archived from the original on May 12, 2017 ; accessed on June 1, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Hirzmannsperre climbing garden. Bergstieg.com, accessed June 1, 2017 .
