Dams in the Harz Mountains

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Reservoir of the Wendefurth dam

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)
Pear tree pond Birnbaumbach (Selke) ST 1764-1769 13.4 140 0.35 0.19 Cervical spine , NEG
Eckertalsperre Ecker NI / ST 1939-1942 065 235 0.68 13.27 E , HWS , TWv
Frankenteich Rödelbachgraben (Selke) ST ? -172400 017th 150 0.11 0.462 F , HWS , NEG , NWA
Granetalsperre Grane NI 1966-1969 067 600 2.19 46.39 TWv , E , HWS
Hassel
( VS ) 		Hassel ST 1956-1960 021st 141.3 0.25 1.64 F , TWv
Innerste dam Innermost NI 1963-1966 040 750 1.39 20.00 E , HWS , NEG , NWA , TWv
Kelbra Helmets ST / TH 1962-1966 012.7 4066 6th 35.6 BWv , HWS , NEG
Kilian pond Bush ditch ST 1989-1994 024.6 210 0.173 1.07 F , HWS , NEG , NWA
Kiliansteich (pre-lock) Bush ditch ST 1989-1994 07.7 110 0.06 F , HWS , NEG , TWv
Koenigshütte Bode ST 1939-1956 018.2 108 0.32 1.2 E , F , HWS , NWA , TWv
Almond Wood Dam
( HWR ) 		Cold Bode ST 1952-1957 028.4 224 4.47 E , HWS , NWA
Neustadt
( north houses ) 		Krebsbach (Thyra) TH 1904-1905 032 134.6 0.14 1.24 TWv
Oder dam Or (Rhume) NI 1930-1933 062 316 1.36 30.61 E , HWS , NEG , NWA
Oderteich Or (Rhume) NI 1715-1722 022nd 153 0.3 1,668 BWv , E
Okertalsperre Oker NI 1938-1956 075 260 2.25 47.4 E , HWS , NEG , NWA , TWv
Outer lock
( VS ) 		Oker NI 1953-1954 020th 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 ? -196100 025th 118 1.66 F , TWv
Sösetalsperre Sweet NI 1928-1931 056 485 1.24 25.5 E , HWS , NWA , TWv
Steinatalsperre Steina NI 1950-1954,
1958		 08.5 80 0.070 TWv
Devil pond Teufelsgrundbach ST ? -169600 020.3 211 0.19 0.758 F , HWS , TWv
Wendefurth Bode ST 1957-1967 044 230 0.78 8.54 E , HWS , NEG , NWA
Wendefurth upper basin Bode ST 1957-1966 022nd 1440 0.26 1.97 E.
Wiesenbeker pond Wiesenbek (Rhume) NI ? -171500 018th 120 0.07 0.48 BWv
Wippra ( Wipper ) Wipper (Saale) ST 1951-1952 024.9 126 0.32 2 E , TWv
Zillierbach Zillierbach ST 1934-1936 045 186.5 0.24 2.63 F , HWS , TWv

Of the dams listed in the table above, these are part of the Rappbode dam system:

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.

map

Map of reservoirs in the Harz Mountains

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 ):


  • 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
  • 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:

Federal states (according to ISO 3166-2: DE ) :

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Types of use according to the northern congestion area (Saxony-Anhalt dam operation), on talsperren-lsa.de

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