Wiestal reservoir

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Wiestal reservoir
Wiestal reservoir
Wiestal reservoir
Location: Salzburg , Austria
Tributaries: Almbach
Wiestal Reservoir (State of Salzburg)
Wiestal reservoir
Coordinates 47 ° 45 '7 "  N , 13 ° 10' 23"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 45 '7 "  N , 13 ° 10' 23"  E
Data on the structure
Lock type: Gravity dam
Construction time: 1909-1913
Height above foundation level : 28 m
Building volume: 11 500  m³
Crown length: 66 m
Radius of curvature : 60 m
Operator: Salzburg AG
Data on the reservoir
Altitude (at congestion destination ) 554.6  m above sea level A.
Water surface 1.2 km²
Storage space 7.5 hm³
Catchment area 175 km²

The Wiestalstausee is a reservoir with a storage target of 554.6  m above sea level. A. , which is located in the Salzkammergut Mountains in the Austrian municipalities of Puch bei Hallein , Ebenau and Adnet . It has a storage volume of 7.5 hm³ and is fed by the Almbach . The lake and its surroundings have been designated a landscape protection area in the state of Salzburg since 1960 .

Of the eponymous Wiestal above the meadow talc lamb artificial Wiestalstausee was 1909 to 1913 by the construction of a 28 m high gravity dam length m with a 66 built curved crown. With a surface of 120 hectares, it is the largest reservoir that was built in the Austro-Hungarian monarchy . The Wiestal reservoir serves as storage for the storage power plant Wiestal (28 MW), which is operated by Salzburg AG . Originally, the power plant and reservoir were built to supply the island network of the nearby city of Salzburg and its surroundings.

literature

  • Statistics 1961 (=  The dams of Austria . No. 12 ). Austrian Reservoir Commission, Austrian Water Management Association, Vienna 1962, ISBN 978-3-7091-5546-2 , p. 41-42 .

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