Raeterichsbodensee

Raeterichsbodensee
Raeterichsbodensee
Location: Bernese Oberland , Switzerland Tributaries: Aare , Bächlis Bach , Gärstenbach , Bockbach Drain: Aare
Canton of Bern , Switzerland
Coordinates	668 167  /  159.72 thousand coordinates: 46 ° 35 '7 "  N , 8 ° 19' 41"  O ; CH1903:  668167  /  159.72 thousand
Data on the structure
Lock type:	Gravity dam
Construction time:	1950
Height of the barrier structure :	94 m
Height above the river bed :	77 m
Height of the structure crown:	1767  m above sea level M.
Building volume:	279,000 m³
Crown length:	456 m
Operator:	Kraftwerke Oberhasli AG, Innertkirchen
Data on the reservoir
Water surface	67 ha
Reservoir length	1.7 km
Maximum depth	77 m
Catchment area	130.2 km²
Design flood :	150 m³ / s

The Räterichsbodensee is a reservoir in the Grimsel area in the Bernese Oberland with a volume of around 25 million cubic meters. It is located at about 1767 m above sea level. The water from the Räterichsbodensee is in the power plants Handeck Handeck 2 and 3 of the power plants Oberhasli used.

In September 2007, the large-format picture of the water maiden Mélisande by the artist Pierre Mettraux was completed on the dam of the Räterichsbodensee .

and display information about the image

Panorama of the Räterichsbodensee from the dam of the lake

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  Räterichsbodensee seen from the Grimsel Pass

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  The dam of the Räterichsbodensee with the Mélisande picture

Web links

Commons : Räterichsbodensee  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Räterichsbodensee on the Oberhasli power plant website ( memento from August 13, 2018)
• Website of the Mélisande image on the dam ( memento from December 20, 2014)
• Critical article on the pumped storage plant (PDF file; 905 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The idea . Archived from the original on February 18, 2011.