Burgkhammer dam
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| Coordinates | 50 ° 33 '3 " N , 11 ° 43' 4" E | ||||||||
| Data on the structure | |||||||||
| Construction time: | 1930-1932 | ||||||||
| Height above valley floor: | 19 m | ||||||||
| Height above foundation level : | 22 m | ||||||||
| Height of the structure crown: | 358.55 m | ||||||||
| Building volume: | 21,000 m³ (wall) + 12,000 m³ (dam) | ||||||||
| Crown length: | 122 m (wall) + 75 m (dam) | ||||||||
| Crown width: | 3.1 m | ||||||||
| Slope slope on the air side : | 1: 2 | ||||||||
| Slope slope on the water side : | 1: 3 | ||||||||
| Data on the reservoir | |||||||||
| Altitude (at congestion destination ) | 356.00 m | ||||||||
| Water surface | 78 ha | ||||||||
| Storage space | 5.64 million m³ | ||||||||
| Total storage space : | 6.42 million m³ | ||||||||
| Catchment area | 1249.4 km² | ||||||||
| Design flood : | 655 m³ / s | ||||||||
The Burgkhammer dam (not to be confused with the Burghammer reservoir ) is part of the Saale cascade . It is the lower basin of the Bleiloch pumped storage power plant and at the same time a run-of-river power plant . The dam is located in the Schleizer district of Burgk in the Saale-Orla district in Thuringia and dams the Saale . It was put into operation in 1932.
The barrier structure is a gravity dam made of concrete ( cast concrete ), combined with an earth dam with a double core made of clay and concrete .
The power of the run-of-river power plant is 2.16 megawatts .
See also
- List of dams in Germany
- List of bodies of water in Thuringia
- Bleilochtalsperre (upper basin of the pumped storage power plant)
literature
- Dams in Thuringia, Thuringian dam administration, author college, 1993.
Web links
Commons : Burgkhammer Dam - Collection of images, videos and audio files
The Burgkhammer dam as seen from the Saale tower