Dams in the Harz Mountains
In the resin , there is above-average number dams . The reason for this is that the Harz low mountain range is one of the rainiest areas in Germany and hydropower was used early on. The first dams (the Oberharzer ponds ) were created in order to use water power to drive pumps and pounding works in mining .
Nowadays, the Harz reservoirs are used to generate electricity, to obtain drinking water, to protect against floods, especially when the snowmelt in spring, and to raise the water system downstream in dry summer periods.
Overview of dams and reservoirs
The table sorted alphabetically by name in the initial view can be sorted by clicking on the symbols next to the column headings. Some explanations and abbreviations for understanding the table are given below .
Name of the dam | Flowing waters (dammed / discharged / pumped in) |
Federal country / countries |
construction time | Crown height m above sea level GrüSo |
Crown length m |
Reservoir area km² (full damming ) |
Reservoir volume million m³ (full damming ) |
Type of use (sorted alphabetically) |
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Pear tree pond | Birnbaumbach (Selke) | ST | 1764-1769 | 13.4 | 140 | 0.35 | 0.19 | Cervical spine , NEG |
Eckertalsperre | Ecker | NI / ST | 1939-1942 | 65 | 235 | 0.68 | 13.27 | E , HWS , TWv |
Frankenteich | Rödelbachgraben (Selke) | ST | ? -1724 | 17th | 150 | 0.11 | 0.462 | F , HWS , NEG , NWA |
Granetalsperre | Grane | NI | 1966-1969 | 67 | 600 | 2.19 | 46.39 | TWv , E , HWS |
Hassel ( VS ) |
Hassel | ST | 1956-1960 | 21st | 141.3 | 0.25 | 1.64 | F , TWv |
Innerste dam | Innermost | NI | 1963-1966 | 40 | 750 | 1.39 | 20.00 | E , HWS , NEG , NWA , TWv |
Kelbra | Helmets | ST / TH | 1962-1966 | 12.7 | 4066 | 6th | 35.6 | BWv , HWS , NEG |
Kilian pond | Bush ditch | ST | 1989-1994 | 24.6 | 210 | 0.173 | 1.07 | F , HWS , NEG , NWA |
Kiliansteich (pre-lock) | Bush ditch | ST | 1989-1994 | 7.7 | 110 | 0.06 | F , HWS , NEG , TWv | |
Koenigshütte | Bode | ST | 1939-1956 | 18.2 | 108 | 0.32 | 1.2 | E , F , HWS , NWA , TWv |
Almond Wood Dam ( HWR ) |
Cold Bode | ST | 1952-1957 | 28.4 | 224 | 4.47 | E , HWS , NWA | |
Neustadt ( north houses ) |
Krebsbach (Thyra) | TH | 1904-1905 | 32 | 134.6 | 0.14 | 1.24 | TWv |
Oder dam | Or (Rhume) | NI | 1930-1933 | 62 | 316 | 1.36 | 30.61 | E , HWS , NEG , NWA |
Oderteich | Or (Rhume) | NI | 1715-1722 | 22nd | 153 | 0.3 | 1,668 | BWv , E |
Okertalsperre | Oker | NI | 1938-1956 | 75 | 260 | 2.25 | 47.4 | E , HWS , NEG , NWA , TWv |
Outer lock ( VS ) |
Oker | NI | 1953-1954 | 20th | 100 | 0.12 | 0.52 | E , HWS , NEG , NWA , TWv |
Rappbode | Rappbode | ST | 1938-1942, 1952-1959 |
106 | 415 | 3.9 | 109.8 | ( E ), F , HWS , NWA , TWv |
Rappbode pre-lock ( VS ) |
Rappbode | ST | ? -1961 | 25th | 118 | 1.66 | F , TWv | |
Sösetalsperre | Sweet | NI | 1928-1931 | 56 | 485 | 1.24 | 25.5 | E , HWS , NWA , TWv |
Steinatalsperre | Steina | NI | 1950-1954, 1958 |
8.5 | 80 | 0.070 | TWv | |
Devil pond | Teufelsgrundbach | ST | ? -1696 | 20.3 | 211 | 0.19 | 0.758 | F , HWS , TWv |
Wendefurth | Bode | ST | 1957-1967 | 44 | 230 | 0.78 | 8.54 | E , HWS , NEG , NWA |
Wendefurth upper basin | Bode | ST | 1957-1966 | 22nd | 1440 | 0.26 | 1.97 | E. |
Wiesenbeker pond | Wiesenbek (Rhume) | NI | ? -1715 | 18th | 120 | 0.07 | 0.48 | BWv |
Wippra ( Wipper ) | Wipper (Saale) | ST | 1951-1952 | 24.9 | 126 | 0.32 | 2 | E , TWv |
Zillierbach | Zillierbach | ST | 1934-1936 | 45 | 186.5 | 0.24 | 2.63 | F , HWS , TWv |
Of the dams listed in the table above, these are part of the Rappbode dam system:
- Hasselvorsperre
- Königshütte dam
- Rappbodetalsperre ( Rappbode Dam )
- Rappbodev pre-lock
- Wendefurth dam
Reservoir oak
Furthermore, according to the dam definition , 30 of the Upper Harz reservoir ponds also count as Harz dams. These systems of the Oberharzer Wasserregal are among the oldest still operating reservoirs in Germany today. Also six of the ponds of the Unterharzer Wasserregal and a few more Harz ponds are dams according to the definition.
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Explanations
According to the alphabetically sorted column headings in the above table, some information on the respective column content is explained (for abbreviations used in the table, see below in the Abbreviations section ):
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Construction time : year of start and end of construction
Note: The indication of the year fluctuates in the literature because there the dates of known fixed points such as the start of planning, first groundbreaking, commissioning, completion or official inauguration are often not specified. -
Federal state (s) :
German federal state (s) in which the water body is located - Running water : dammed, discharged or (in the case of the upper basin ) pumped in main (running) water that forms the reservoir, the reservoir or the flood retention basin
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Crown height :
(Greatest) height of the barrier structure above the foundation base (GrüSo; if known, otherwise water or valley floor) in meters (m).
The value in bold denotes the highest barrier structure not only in the Harz but also in Germany.
Note: The indication of the crown height fluctuates greatly in the literature because authors rarely mention the reference point of their height indication. -
Crown length :
length of the barrier structure in meters (m).
The value in bold indicates the longest crown length in the resin. -
Dam
name : name of the object -
Type of use :
The type of use is sorted alphabetically and listed in brackets in the table if it is of minor importance. -
Reservoir area :
water surface in case of full damming in square kilometers (km²).
The value in bold indicates the largest reservoir in the Harz in terms of area. -
Reservoir volume :
storage space (not to be confused with the total storage space , which is mentioned in individual cases if the storage space is unknown or not yet researched) in millions of cubic meters (million m³).
The value in bold denotes the largest reservoir in terms of volume in the Harz Mountains.
Note: The storage space is the storage volume when the level of the flood relief system is reached and the total storage space for that during extreme floods, when the dam overflows very heavily.
Abbreviations
Abbreviations used in the table mean:
General:
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Federal states (according to ISO 3166-2: DE ) :
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Types of use according to the northern congestion area (Saxony-Anhalt dam operation), on talsperren-lsa.de
literature
- Martin Schmidt : Dams in the Harz. East and West Harz. 9th edition, updated by Rainer Tonn, Papierflieger Verlag GmbH, Clausthal-Zellerfeld 2012, ISBN 978-3-86948-251-4