Lake of Infidelity
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| Coordinates | 50 ° 16 '47 " N , 11 ° 54' 34" E | ||||||||||
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| Construction time: | 1976-1979 | ||||||||||
| Height above valley floor: | 15-16.5 m | ||||||||||
| Height above foundation level : | 23 m | ||||||||||
| Building volume: | 156,000 m³ | ||||||||||
| Crown length: | 316 m | ||||||||||
| Crown width: | 6 m | ||||||||||
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| Water surface | 60 ha | ||||||||||
| Maximum depth | 15 m | ||||||||||
| Storage space | 5.8 million m³ | ||||||||||
| Total storage space : | 5.8 million m³ | ||||||||||
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The Untreusee is a reservoir in the south of the city of Hof in Bavaria. The lake is mainly used for tourism and local recreation. The flood protection in winter and the low water increase in autumn for the Saale play a minor role. The operator is the city of Hof. The Untreusee gets its name from the Untreubach that feeds it.
History and naming
Construction of the barrier wall began in April 1976 and the topping-out ceremony was held in June 1978. The official name of the dam is Talsperre Oelsnitz (Ölschnitz, Slavic Erlenbach, forest area Ölsch).
The name Untreusee was proposed by the then mayor Hans Heun and approved by a majority of the council members of the city of Hof.
The lake receives most of its water from Untreubach (or Oelsnitz). The valley is therefore also popularly called Untreutal. In the upper reaches of the stream flows through a forest between Almbranz, Ahornberg and Konradsreuth, which has been known as Untreu since the Middle Ages. This naming is speculatively attributed to the fact that the forest formed the border between the Franconian Radenzgau and the Regnitzland and crossing this border was infidelity to the sovereign.
Reservoir
As part of the border region policy and as a counterpart to the new construction of the dam of the Weißenstädter See , plans for a similar recreational lake near the town of Hof were taken up. The project was originally planned for the purpose of raising the low water level of the Saale , which the storage facility also fulfills as a secondary task, but the 120 hectare Förmitztalsperre , which is twice as large and serves purely water management purposes, namely filling the low water level , was built for this purpose . At the same time, the Saale water should be diluted in the summer months due to the heavy pollution with industrial waste water.
The dam on the Untreubach was created from 1976 and completed within five years. The dam was planned and built as an Ölsnitz dam. The lake is around two kilometers long and 700 meters wide and has a maximum water depth of 15 meters. In normal traffic jams, it takes up an area of 0.6 square kilometers, which corresponds to about 84 soccer fields. Several streams are dammed in the valley of the Ölsnitz. The overflow of the lake flows into the Saale as Ölsnitz just under a kilometer behind the dam between the Hof district of Moschendorf and Döhlau . The dam is designed as an earth dam. The flood relief has a fixed crest overflow, over which a bridge leads. The pre-barrier is a biotope .
Touristic
There are bathing areas with extensive lawns and opportunities for almost all water sports such as swimming, rowing, canoeing , sailing, surfing, pedal boating and fishing. Only motor boats are prohibited. The Untreusee also has a beach volleyball court, a basketball court, a mini golf course and a large playground. The circular hiking trail, popular with walkers and joggers alike, is 6 kilometers long, a shortcut that leads across several islands connected by bridges is 4.4 kilometers long.
In the vicinity of the lake there is a climbing park opened in 2005, where a rope ride also leads across the lake, and since 2010 a maze.
Information boards on the A 9, A 72 and A 93 motorways point out the Untreusee.
to bathe
There are several beaches at Untreusee. The main beach with sunbathing lawns and a large playground is located in the bay next to the summer restaurant. However, bathing takes place on all the banks around the lake. The dog bathing beach is located south of the dam. At the southern end of the Untreusee, just before the biotope, there are two nude bathing areas. In addition, there is an area intended for surfers and a children's bay.
The water temperature in summer is between 19 and 25 ° C.
gastronomy
A summer restaurant with a beer garden and seating for more than 1,000 people takes care of the physical well-being right by the lake, and there is also a small snack stand at the foot of the dam. The Hotel am Untreusee stands on a hill above the dam. Grilling is allowed in barbecue areas.
Others
Public toilets are located near the beach volleyball court, but are only open during the bathing season. There are also changing rooms.
The Untreusee has three parking spaces with a total of approx. 720 parking spaces. The largest parking lot is at the end of Stelzenhofstrasse.
Sporting events
Once a year there is a triathlon over the sprint and short distance at Untreusee . In 2005 there was a box run for the Hof students for the first time at Untreusee .
Since 2006 the Untreusee has been part of the Park & See-Lauf, which starts at Theresienstein and leads back to Theresienstein via Untreusee.
See also
Web links
- www.untreusee.de City of Hof - Untreusee recreation area
- Untreusee dam
- Overview of the Untreusee
Individual evidence
- ^ Franz Josef Strauss, u. a .: Politics from Bavaria . Busse-Seewald Verlag, 1976. ISBN 3512004474 . Page 183.
- ^ Gert Richter: Germany: Portrait of a Nation, Volume 8; Volume 1988 . Bertelsmann Lexikothek Verl., 1988. ISBN 3570087182 . Page 98.
- ^ Heinz Burghart: Town hall, environment, closeness to the citizen: the local politics of the 80s . W. Ludwig, 1990. ISBN 3778721127 . Page 89.