Heimbach dam
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| Coordinates | 50 ° 37 '42 " N , 6 ° 28' 45" E | ||||||||
| Data on the structure | |||||||||
| Construction time: | 1934-1935 | ||||||||
| Height above valley floor: | 9.5 m | ||||||||
| Height above foundation level : | 12 m | ||||||||
| Height above the river bed : | 9.2 m | ||||||||
| Height of the structure crown: | 214.5 m | ||||||||
| Building volume: | 3 200 m³ | ||||||||
| Crown length: | 75 m or 105 m | ||||||||
| Crown width: | 1.5 m | ||||||||
| Power plant output: | 775 kW | ||||||||
| Data on the reservoir | |||||||||
| Altitude (at congestion destination ) | 214 m | ||||||||
| Water surface | 34.6 ha | ||||||||
| Storage space | 1.21 million m³ | ||||||||
| Total storage space : | 1.43 million m³ | ||||||||
| Catchment area | 669 km² | ||||||||
The Heimbach dam in Heimbach (Eifel) , together with the Obermaubach reservoir, serves as a compensation basin for the hydropower plants of the Urfttalsperre ( Heimbach power plant ) and the Rurtalsperre . It compensates for the fluctuations in the water level ( Urft wave ) that arise from the intermittent operation of the hydropower plants in the two larger dams.
The small dam with a gravity dam made of stamped concrete is located directly below the Rur dam on the Rur in the Düren district , North Rhine-Westphalia . It is operated by the Eifel-Rur water association . It has its own hydropower plant with an output of 775 kW. The overflow is like a weir and has an 18 m wide fish belly flap to adjust the water level at least when it is almost completely full.
Use for local recreation
The operator of the dams, the Eifel-Rur water association or the Cologne district government, has issued conditions of use for the use of the waters.
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Dams in North Rhine-Westphalia; State Environment Agency NRW (accessed on November 30, 2011; PDF; 124 kB)
- ↑ Information on the Heimbach dam from the Eifel-Rur water association ( Memento of the original from October 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed December 30, 2011)
- ↑ Regulatory authority ordinance for the approval and regulation of public use at the Rurtalsperre Schwammenauel and the Heimbach and Obermaubach dams , dated June 29, 2015, item 299, pp. 237–243 (PDF; 4.92 MB)
Web links
- Heimbach reservoir level
- Heimbach dam
- Dams directory NRW (PDF; 124 kB)