Dröda dam

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Dröda dam
Dam wall
Dam wall
Location: Vogtland district
Tributaries: Feilebach , Schafbach
Drain: Feilebach → White Elster
Larger places nearby: Burgstein
Dröda dam (Saxony)
Dröda dam
Coordinates 50 ° 23 '49 "  N , 12 ° 3' 24"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 23 '49 "  N , 12 ° 3' 24"  E
Data on the structure
Lock type: Gravity dam
Construction time: 1964-1971
Height above valley floor: 38.8 m (41 m?)
Height above foundation level : 52.5 m
Height of the structure crown: 437.78  m
Building volume: 204 000  m³
Crown length: 375 m
Crown width: 6.4 m
Power plant output: 0.013 5  MW
Data on the reservoir
Altitude (at congestion destination ) 435.5  m
Water surface 1.25 km²
Storage space 17.32 million m³
Total storage space : 18.05 million m³
Catchment area 53.29 km²
Design flood : 67 m³ / s

The Dröda dam, which is also called the Feilebach dam or the Feilebach dam after the dammed river , is a dam in the Vogtland district in the Free State of Saxony . It was built for the drinking water supply and flood protection . It is also used to generate electricity .

Buildings

The dam of the dam Dröda is a 52.5 m high gravity dam of concrete . The dam was built from 1964 to 1971 near Dröda , a district of the Weischlitz community , west of Oelsnitz (Vogtland) . When the dam was built, the villages of Ramoldsreuth and Dechengrün were completely demolished, which, like the dam, were located in the 5 km restricted area of the then inner-German border .

The exact operating dates are:

  • Laying of the foundation stone: August 4th, 1967,
  • Start of accumulation: October 2, 1969,
  • Commissioning and official handover: October 6, 1971.

The dam has a small hydropower plant , two pre- dams (Bobenneukirchen, Ramoldsreuth) and nine pre-basins. The Feilebach and its tributary Schafbach are dammed, which is why the dam has two arms.

Freetime activities

Leisure sports in and on the reservoir are not possible except for fishing to keep the water clean. The top of the wall is not open to the public. However, a hiking trail leads over the dam of the Ramoldsreuth barrier.

history

Since the catchment area of ​​the drinking water dam over the Feilebach is partly in Bavaria, indication ponds were created at the inflows from Bavaria during the Cold War . These were stocked with fish, which were supposed to indicate any chemical contamination of the tributaries by hostile forces . The largest indication pond was located near the former place Troschenreuth, which was destroyed by the border troops of the GDR . The Oberhartmannsreuther Bach was dammed here. This indication pond is now part of the Dröda reservoir system as the Troschenreuth pre-basin .

See also

Web links

Commons : Talsperre Dröda  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

literature

  • Mandy Fischer (1996); Controversial GDR child celebrates birthday: the Feilebach dam in Dröda was inaugurated 25 years ago .