Saidenbach dam
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| Coordinates | 50 ° 44 '9 " N , 13 ° 14' 3" E | ||||||||
| Data on the structure | |||||||||
| Construction time: | 1929-1933 | ||||||||
| Height above valley floor: | 48 m | ||||||||
| Height above foundation level : | 58.5 m | ||||||||
| Height of the structure crown: | 440.3 m | ||||||||
| Building volume: | 203 000 m³ | ||||||||
| Crown length: | 334 m | ||||||||
| Crown width: | 4 m | ||||||||
| Radius of curvature : | 400 m | ||||||||
| Data on the reservoir | |||||||||
| Altitude (at congestion destination ) | 438.8 m | ||||||||
| Water surface | 142 or 146 ha | ||||||||
| Storage space | 22.38 million m³ | ||||||||
| Total storage space : | 22.95 million m³ | ||||||||
| Catchment area | 60.8 km² | ||||||||
| Design flood : | 98 m³ / s | ||||||||
The Saidenbach dam is a dam in Saxony . It is used for drinking water supply of Chemnitz and in conjunction with the dam system "KME" besides the dams Neunzehnhain I and II and Einsiedel throughout the coverage area of the administration union Fernwasserversorgung Südsachsen.
The dam is also used to a lesser extent to generate electricity and protect against flooding .
description
The dam of the Saidenbach dam is a curved gravity dam made of quarry stone masonry based on the Intze principle . The dam was built in 1929–1933 near Lengefeld in the Ore Mountains (commissioned in 1933). It is a "large dam" according to ICOLD criteria. The dammed waters are the Haselbach , Saidenbach , Lippersdorfer Bach and Hölzelbergbach.
A public path leads over the dam. Swimming and recreational sports in the reservoir are not possible, but you can hike and fish around the reservoir.
The Saidenbach dam has a pre- dam ( Forchheim ) and ten pre-basins, four of which are normally flooded.
The dam
The way over the wall
The Saidenbach valley below the lock
South-east arm (Haselbach) of the dam
Aerial view
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Others
The rocks in the eastern area of the dam represent one of the few sites for diamonds in Germany. The diamonds there form microscopic crystals in garnets that occur in Saidenbachites. These rocks form lens-shaped bodies in the gneiss .
The bacterium Rhodoferax saidenbachensis was isolated from the sediment of the Saidenbach drinking water reservoir . The species name saidenbachensis was therefore chosen for the bacterium.
See also
literature
- Dieter Bock: The Saidenbach dam. In: Erzgebirgische Heimatblätter , Vol. 35 (2009) Heft 3, pp. 23-25, ISSN 0232-6078
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Mineralienatlas - Saidenbach dam ; Retrieved June 26, 2014
- ↑ Stöckhert, Bernard, Johannes Duyster, Claudia Trepmann, Hans-Joachim Massonne (2001): Microdiamond daughter crystals precipitated from supercritical COH & plus; silicate fluids included in garnet, Erzgebirge, Germany: Geology: 29 (5): 391-394.