Schluchsee

The Schluchseewerk is a reservoir in the municipality Schluchseewerk at St. Blaise in the district of Breisgau - Black Forest in Baden- Württemberg. It is located southeast of the Titisee lake and is the largest lake in the Black Forest.

Location

The Schluchseewerk was originally a glacial lake whose surface was about 30 feet below the lake today, which was created by damming the only Schwarza. This is now a northwest - 7.3 kilometers long and 1.4 kilometers wide southeast, the lowest point on the ground is 61 m below the sea surface.

The Schluchseewerk is part of the group of works Schluchseewerk of Schluchseewerk work, a series of dams of different heights, which are connected by pumping stations. The group of works contracts of houses to Waldshut. The Schluchseewerk is in the upper reservoir of the pumped storage power station houses. This power plant feeds on average an output of 100 megawatts to the power grid. Except by the naturally tapered Schwarza also water from the Rhine comes through the pumping stations in the basin.

The Schluchseewerk has a water level of 930 m above sea level. NN, making it the highest Talsperrensee Germany. Is even higher, with 1048 m above sea level. NN is the storage level of the Hornberg basin, the upper reservoir of the pumped storage plant defense, but this has no dam.

The main cities around the Schluchseewerk be due to its north-east side, including the capital of the municipality Schluchseewerk slightly below the middle of the lake and their districts Aha in the upper north-western sea area and Seebrugg at the dam. The DreiSeenBahn, the extended end of the Höllentalbahn, runs from Titisee train station on the north shore of the lake to its final stop Seebrugg.

History

The 63.5 m high dam was built in 1929-1932. To build this gravity dam made ​​of concrete with a high specific gravity of the natural lake had to be first lowered to 13 meters. To do this, in 1930 a tunnel blasted into the rock. It was found also a dugout, through the investigation could prove now that Schluchseewerk has already traveled around the year 650. The find was first stored in the Augustiner Museum in Freiburg and in Adelhausermuseum ( Ethnological Museum ) and can now be seen in the National Archaeological Museum in Konstanz -Peterhausen.

On the south side of the valley above the boat dock was built during the construction work in the quarry granite for the intake structure from.

Nationwide famous Schluchseewerk was under the name " Schlucksee " because the German national football team in 1982 there opened their training camp and individual players the freedoms that made them national coach Jupp, outfitted, heartily exploited. Alcohol, card games and other antics cast a bad light on the eventual runners.

1983 was a revision almost all the water of the lake drained, so that the usual bathing, sea fishing and sailing had to pause. The rare event still attracted many visitors; after a long time rudiments flooded, former buildings were visible again.

More recently, there has been an increase in conflicts of interest between the Schluchseewerk and the community Schluchseewerk above the water level of the lake in the summer. While the Schluchseewerk is interested in a most advantageous economic use of storage water, making a sometimes strong lowering of the lake level goes hand in hand, the church fearing a lack of tourists, when the lake in the summer deep is a long time and it frees rather unsightly riverside areas. But the partly high water level and thus hardly remaining banks provide discord among local users and tourists.

In winter 2013/2014 the water level was lowered dramatically. The drained water was needed to produce electricity because of solar power at this time of year usually less fails than usual addition could be made by the low water level controls at the dam and drain. In the district of Aha was visible again by the gain reduction, the old school house. Until Pentecost, the water level should have returned to normal height.

Icing

Since the water level of the lake fluctuates and water is supplied from deeper and thus warmer streams, it freezes very difficult to in winter. Entering the ice is prohibited. However, the flat west end sometimes freezes so much that the cover bears. Traditionally, here in the winter ice fishermen, which pierce the ice and catch fish.

Tourism

Because of the altitude, the water is relatively cool even in summer. The Schluchseewerk is popular with bathers and sailors. In contrast to Titisee he has almost everywhere easily accessible shore, why Schluchseewerk is very busy in the summer. He is responsible for the wider environment - to cross the Swiss border addition - a popular leisure destination. At Naked baths on the forest side is sometimes taken offense.

The station building Seebrugg there is a dive center for diving in the Schluchseewerk.

The Schluchseewerk is surrounded by a variety of hiking trails. The whole lake can hike, this approximately 18 -kilometer route is largely flat and suitable for strollers. The walks can be combined from May to October with trips on the tourist line ship St. Nicholas.

From " Riesenbühlturm " on the Riesenbühl ( 1097 m, north of the village Schluchseewerk ) the largest part of the lake is to survey.