Rappbode Auxiliary Dam

The Rappbodevorsperre is one of the two pre- locking the Rappbode reservoir. This is the core of the Rappbode reservoir system in the eastern Harz, which is operated by the reservoir operation of Saxony- Anhalt and the still Hasselvorsperre and dams Chorzów, almond wood and Wendefurth belong.

The Rappbodevorsperre at Traut stone is used with the main lock together for drinking water supply and flood protection. In the pre-dam Rappbode is jammed. It has a 25 m high concrete gravity dam as a shut-off.

The area surrounding the Rappbodevorsperre suitable for hiking. The eastern shore is decorated by numerous rocky cliffs. On the main shore rocks where the dam today and Rappbode earlier makes a small crease, was once the carrying castle, which was similar to the Susen castle not far away to watch an old long-distance trade route.