Frauenau Dam

Frauenau Dam
Official name Trinkwassertalsperre Frauenau
Coordinates 49°00′49″N 13°20′00″E / 49.0137°N 13.3334°E / 49.0137; 13.3334Coordinates: 49°00′49″N 13°20′00″E / 49.0137°N 13.3334°E / 49.0137; 13.3334
Construction began 1976–1983
Dam and spillways
Impounds Little Regen, Hirschbach
Height (foundation) 84.7 or 86 m
Height (thalweg) 70.5 m
Length 640 m
Elevation at crest 770.8 m[1]
Width (crest) 9 m
Dam volume 2.5 Mm³
Reservoir
Total capacity 21.7 Mm³
Active capacity 20.8 Mm³
Catchment area 30.4 km²
Surface area 94 ha
Normal elevation 767 m
Power Station
Installed capacity 617 kW

The Frauenau Dam (German: Trinkwassertalsperre Frauenau or Trinkwasserspeicher Frauenau) in the Bavarian Forest, was built in 1983 to ensure the drinking water supply to large parts of Lower Bavaria.

Description

Because there was a shortage of groundwater in the Bavarian Forest due to the geological situation there, in the years 1976 to 1983 a water storage reservoir was built near Frauenau and Zwiesel, that was fed by the Kleiner Regen and Hirschbach rivers which rose in the unsettled area on the Czech border between the Falkenstein and Rachel.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hochwassermarken des hnd

Literature

  • Trinkwassertalsperre Frauenau, Heft 17 in der Schriftenreihe Wasserwirtschaft in Bayern, Oberste Baubehörde im Bayer. Innenministerium, 1984, ISSN 0721-6416.
  • Talsperren in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Peter Franke, Wolfgang Frey, DNK - DVWK 1987, ISBN 3-926520-00-0
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