List of dams and reservoirs in the Harz

In the Harz, there are above average number of dams. Reason for this is that the Harz mountain range is one of the rainiest areas in Germany and the water power was used early on. The first dams ( the Upper Harz Ponds ) were created to drive water-powered pumps and stamp mills in mining.

In today's time, the resin dams used for power generation, for drinking water and for flood protection, especially when the snow melts in the spring.

Dams and reservoirs at a glance

The alphabetically sorted in the output view by name table is sortable by clicking on the icons in the column headers. Some explanations and shortcuts to understanding the table can be found below.

From the standing in the aforementioned table dams these are part of the Rappbode reservoir system:

Hasselvorsperre
Dam Königshütte
Rappbodetalsperre ( Rappbode reservoir )
Rappbodevorsperre
Wendefurth Dam

Storage ponds

Furthermore, according to the dam include definition, 30 of the Upper Harz storage ponds to the resin dams. These plants of the Upper Harz Water Regale are among the oldest still operating dams in Germany. Also, six of the ponds of the Lower Harz Water Regale and some other resin ponds dams as defined.

Notes

Explains are located according to the aforementioned table, alphabetically sorted column headings some info on each column's contents ( for abbreviations used in the table below in paragraph abbreviations ):

Construction time: Year of construction and end of construction Note: Specifying the annual figures varies in the literature, because there the data of known fixed points such as the start of planning, the first sod, commissioning, completion or official dedication are often not specified.
State / countries: German / s state / country in which / where the water is
Running waters: is dammed up, initiated or turned pumptes ( at upper reservoir ) main ( free-flowing ) waters, forming the reservoir, the reservoir or flood retention basins
Crown height: ( Maximum ) Height of the dam over foundation bed ( GRUESO, if known, otherwise water or bottom ) in meters (m). The value in bold indicates the highest shut-off not only in the resin but also in Germany. Note: Specifying the crown height varies greatly in the literature because authors call the reference point of their altitude rarely.
Crown length: Length of the dam in meters (m). The value in bold indicates the longest crown length in the resin.
Name: Name of the object
Type of use: The usage is sorted alphabetically and listed in the table in parentheses if it is of minor importance.
Reservoir area: Water surface with full back in square kilometers (km ²). The value in bold indicates the area, the largest dam in the Harz Mountains.
Reservoir volume: Full back - storage space (also called normal storage space, not to be confused with the total storage space, which is called in individual cases when the full back - storage space is unknown or not yet researched ) in million cubic meters (mcm ). The value in bold indicates the highest-volume reservoir in resin. Note: The full back - storage is the storage space when it reaches the level of the spillway and the total storage space that is at extreme high water when the dam very strong overflows.

Abbreviations

Abbreviations used in the table mean:

General:

Bwv: Domestic Water Supply
E: Electric current ( electricity )
GRUESO: foundation bed
HWR: Flood retention basins
HWS: Flood protection
NEG: recreation area
NSG: Nature reserve
NWA: low water levels
TWV: drinking water supply
VS: Vorsperre

States ( according to ISO 3166-2: DE ):

NI: Lower Saxony
ST: Sachsen -Anhalt
TH: Thuringia

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