Splash dam

As a hermitage is called a weir which the damming of waters for rafting (regional also: drift ) was built.

If the rafters in the reservoir, where appropriate, had also accumulated in addition along the lower reaches, enough felled tree trunks or cut or split logs, the closure of the cell was opened and drained of accumulated water including wood. With the artificial "flood" the timber was washed away over long distances and out of the rafters, before you brought it to a landing site from the water.

Inadvertent laying of a water body by driftwood is referred to today as " Verklausung ". It can easily lead to flooding.

Klausen were from the end of the Middle Ages to about the 1960s in operation (eg, the Archduke - Johann -Klause at the Grundache (Tirol ) or the Prescenyklause on the Salza in Styria).

Terms

The term cell is often equated with the dammed waters.

In the Black Forest the synonym Kluse is used. Both terms are from the Middle High German Kluse, and thus from the Latin cl ( a) derived usum (Eng. close ).

Earlier Klausen

Structurally are from previous Klausen only be found in the rule traces. Your previous existence, however, has often been reflected in Won - name.

Klusen in the Black Forest

  • Menzenschwander Kluse - remains of the former dam can be found below the present Kluse yet. Location: 47 ° 47 ' 20 " N, 8 ° 5' 29" O47.7888888888898.0913888888889
  • Ibacher Kluse - now a micro-hydro power plant. Location: 47 ° 45 '11 " N, 8 ° 6' 4" O47.7530555555568.1011111111111

(Also called Wooge ) Klausen in the Palatinate Forest

Klausen in Bavaria

  • Theresienklause above the Almbachklamm Market Schellenberg ( Berchtesgaden ), location: 47 ° 40 '35 " N, 13 ° 0' 2 " O47.67638888888913.000555555556
  • Kastnerklause on Jochberg in Schneizlreuth ( Berchtesgaden )

Klausen in Austria

  • Chorinsky -Klause in Weißenbachtal in Bad Goisern
  • Archduke Johann -Klause at the Brandenberger Ache, in Brandenberg Tirol
  • Large den on Reichramingbach
  • Prescenyklause on the Salza, at Weichselboden in Styria.
  • Seeklause in Steeg in Bad Goisern, for the regulation of Lake Hallstatt.
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