Silberteich

The Silver Pond is an artificial pond at the headwaters of the Fountain Bach between Braun situation and Saint Andrew in the Harz Mountains in Lower Saxony. He can be counted among the plants of the Upper Harz Water Regale due to its genesis.

Description

The water area is about 300 meters long and its dam about 8 feet high. The material for the construction of the dam comes from the located on the western shore in the immediate vicinity of the dam quarry. The pond is now in the middle of the Harz National Park, which is also its operator here. On the eastern shore, a path leads here and there along the water, but otherwise the roads were kept away from the water to create a quiet zone for flora and fauna.

History

The silver pond was created in 1755, still during the construction period of two dam increases were implemented. Its design reflects the new design of the Upper Harz Ponds with an impervious core of turf. The embankments were carried out initially too steep and had to be reworked several times; obviously you had the dam increases were not associated with a broadening of the dam footprint. The silver pond should provide south west of him mines with hydropower. It was this to be strong alimentierten of the mining authorities hope Mining, which had to be finally discontinued in 1780 due to lack of Lukrativitiät. There was a re-use of the silver pond through the brown stock blue colors work (same place today, the "Forest Mill" ), which drew its energy from the reservoir. Originally it was called " Andreas Teich " or " fountain Bacher pond ". The present name was first elected recently to expose this place as a tourist destination.

When walking on the beaten track on the east bank to the trained eye notices that it is a former height line parallel trench slope in this way. This was applied with high probability, to past conduct flood largely by the pond can.

Environment

About the dam leads across the St. Andreas Berger Fußstieg that combines location with St. Andrew Brown Mountain on the shortest path.

Dam failure on February 5, 1760

From the 1st to the 5th of February 1760 came to heavy rains, apparently in connection with snowmelt. On the night of 4th to February 5, 1760 the dam was significantly higher than flows. The dam broke on 30 meters in length and the flood poured over the Brunnenbachstal. Before Brunnenbach mill, accumulated water, as entrained branches and trees formed a barrier. The water masses were looking for a new breakthrough and tore the Brunnenbach mill with it. Cause of this took place only five years after its completion misfortune was probably too small-sized spillway associated with an impairment of this overflow by ice floes. The reconstruction takes place only in 1763, then the silver pond was until 1900 known as the " New Pond " also.

Gallery

The outflow of silver pond in the well stream from the sea

And ... the side of the stream