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Dam

A dam is a barrier that impounds water or underground streams. Dams generally serve the primary purpose of retaining water, while other structures such as floodgates or levees are used to manage or prevent water flow into specific land regions. Hydropower and pumped-storage hydroelectricity are...

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Reservoir

A reservoir , artificial lake or dam is used to store water.Reservoirs may be created in river valleys by the construction of a dam or may be built by excavation in the ground or by conventional construction techniques such as brickwork or cast concrete.The term reservoir may also be used to...

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Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

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German language

German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....

 word Talsperre (literally: valley barrier) may mean dam, but it is often used to include the associated reservoir as well. The reservoirs are often separately given names ending in -see, -teich or -speiche which are the German words for "lake", "pond" and "reservoir", but in this case all may be translated as "reservoir". The more specific word for the actual dam is Staumauer and for the lake is Stausee.

Baden-Württemberg

Baden-Württemberg

Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states of Germany. Baden-Württemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, and is the third largest in both area and population of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of and 10.7 million inhabitants...

• Schluchsee
  Schluchsee
  The Schluchsee is a reservoir lake in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, southeast of the Titisee in the Black Forest near Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.- Location :...
  
   - highest reservoir lake in Germany and largest lake in the Black Forest
  Black Forest
  The Black Forest is a wooded mountain range in Baden-Württemberg, southwestern Germany. It is bordered by the Rhine valley to the west and south. The highest peak is the Feldberg with an elevation of 1,493 metres ....
  
  

Hesse

Hesse

Hesse or Hessia is both a cultural region of Germany and the name of an individual German state.* The cultural region of Hesse includes both the State of Hesse and the area known as Rhenish Hesse in the neighbouring Rhineland-Palatinate state...

• Aar Dam
• Affoldern Reservoir
• Antrift Dam
• Diemelsee (reservoir)
• Driedorf Reservoir
• Edersee
  Edersee
  The Edersee Dam is a hydroelectric dam constructed between 1908 to 1914 across the Eder river, near the small town of Waldeck in northern Hesse, Germany, it lies at the northern edge of the Kellerwald...
  
  

Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...

 

• Ecker Dam
  Ecker Dam
  The Ecker Dam is a dam near Bad Harzburg in the Harz mountains of Germany that went into service in 1942. It impounds primarily the waters of the river Ecker....
  
  
• Grane Dam
  Grane Dam
  The Grane Dam is a dam above the village of Astfeld/Herzog-Juliushütte in the borough of Langelsheim in the Lower Saxon part of the Harz mountains.- Dam system :It is the newest dam in the Harz, built in 1969 in the Grane valley...
  
  
• Innerste Dam
  Innerste Dam
  The Innerste Dam is a dam on the Innerste river, which lies near Langelsheim and Wolfshagen in the Harz mountains. It was built between 1963 and 1966 and belongs to the Harzwasserwerke. Its purposes are the supply of drinking water, flood protection, water flow regulation and hydroelectric power...
  
  
• Oder Dam
  Oder Dam
  The Oder Dam is a dam in the Harz mountains of Germany. It lies above Bad Lauterberg in the district of Osterode am Harz in Lower Saxony and impounds the river Oder. The dam went into service in 1934 after taking 3 years to build...
  
  
• Oderteich
  Oderteich
  The Oderteich is an historic reservoir about seven kilometres northeast of Sankt Andreasberg in the Upper Harz in central Germany. It was built by miners from St. Andreasberg in the years 1715 to 1722 and, today, is an important component of the water supply network known as the Upper Harz Water...
  
  
• Oker Dam
  Oker Dam
  The Oker Dam is a dam in the Harz mountains in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is fed by the River Oker.- Technology :The dam is in the shape of an arch . It is 75 m high, 260 m long, can impound up to 47 million m³ of water and provides hydropower, flood protection and water...
  
  
• Söse Dam
  Söse Dam
  The Söse Dam is a dam in the Lower Saxon part of the Harz mountains near Osterode in the German state of Lower Saxony.It was the first dam to be built in the Harz and was constructed by the Harzwasserwerke between 1928 and 1931. It is used for flood prevention, electricity generation, supplying...
  
  
• Wendebach Dam

North Rhine-Westphalia

North Rhine-Westphalia

North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous state of Germany, with four of the country's ten largest cities. The state was formed in 1946 as a merger of the northern Rhineland and Westphalia, both formerly part of Prussia. Its capital is Düsseldorf. The state is currently run by a coalition of the...

• Aabach Dam
• Agger Dam
• Ahauser Reservoir
• Baldeney Reservoir
• Bever Dam
• Beyenburg Reservoir
• Biggesee
  Biggesee
  The Biggesee or Bigge Reservoir is a reservoir in Germany. It lies in the southern part of the Sauerland between Olpe and Attendorn.- Purpose :The lake serves to regulate the Ruhr and Lenne as well as providing water for the Ruhrgebiet...
  
  
• Borchen Flood Control Basin
• Breitenbach Dam
• Bruchbachtal-Büderich Flood Control Basin
• Bruch Dam
• Dahlhausen Dam
• Diepental Dam
• Große Dhünn Dam
• Dreilägerbach Dam
• Ebbinghausen Flood Control Basin
• Eicherscheid Flood Control Basin
• Eiserbach Dam
• Ennepe Dam
• Eringerfeld Flood Control Basin
• Eschbach Dam
• Esmecke Reservoir
• Fuelbecke Dam
• Fürwigge Dam
• Genkel Dam
• Glingebach Dam
• Glör Dam
• Gollentaler Grund Flood Control Basin
• Hengsteysee
  Hengsteysee
  The Hengsteysee is a reservoir on the Ruhr river between the cities of Hagen, Dortmund and Herdecke, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was built in 1929 and is one of five reservoirs on the Ruhr....
  
  
• Möhne Reservoir
  Möhne Reservoir
  The Möhne Reservoir is an artificial lake in North Rhine-Westphalia, some 45 km east of Dortmund. The dam was built between 1908 and 1913 to help control floods, regulate water levels on the Ruhr river downstream, and generate hydropower. Today, the lake is also a tourist attraction...
  
  
• Sorpe
  Sorpe
  The Sorpe Dam is a dam near the small town of Sundern in the German district of Hochsauerland in North Rhine-Westphalia.Like the Biggesee, the Möhne Reservoir and the Verse reservoir, the Sorpe's reservoir is one of the major artificial lakes of the Sauerland's Ruhrverband reservoir association...
  
   Reservoir
• Wahnbach Dam
• Wupper Dam

Saxony

Saxony

The Free State of Saxony is a landlocked state of Germany, contingent with Brandenburg, Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, the Czech Republic and Poland. It is the tenth-largest German state in area, with of Germany's sixteen states....

 

• Altenberg Reservoir
• Bautzen Reservoir
  Bautzen Reservoir
  The Bautzen Reservoir, is a reservoir on the River Spree in Germany. It is situated just north of the city of Bautzen in the state of Saxony....
  
  
• Borna Reservoir
• Buschbach Flood Control Basin
• Carlsfeld Dam
• Cranzahl Dam
  Cranzahl Dam
  Cranzahl Dam is a dam in the Free State of Saxony in East Germany. It was built from 1949 to 1952 near Sehmatal-Cranzahl and the Bärenstein mountain in the Ore Mountains to supply drinking water to Annaberg-Buchholz and the surrounding area. Together with the Sosa Dam it was one of the two...
  
  
• Dörnthaler Teich
• Dröda Dam
• Eibenstock Dam
  Eibenstock Dam
  Eibenstock Dam is the largest dam in the Free State of Saxony in East Germany in terms of the height of the dam above the valley floor and its reservoir is the largest in volume...
  
  
• Einsiedel Dam
  Einsiedel Dam
  Einsiedel Dam is located in the German Free State of Saxony. Its reservoir supplies drinking water to Chemnitz and, in conjunction with the Central Ore Mountains reservoir system, that includes the reservoirs of Neunzehnhain I, II and Saidenbach also supplies water to the entire region covered by...
  
  
• Euba Dam
• Falkenstein Dam
• Forchheim Auxiliary Dam
• Friedrichswalde-Ottendorf Flood Control Basin
• Gottleuba Dam
  Gottleuba Dam
  The Gottleuba Dam is the second largest dam in Saxony. It serves as a reservoir for supply of water for Pirna and provides flood protection, but energy production is small. The dam was built between 1965 and 1974 and is located between Bad Gottleuba and Erzgebirge. It was under construction in...
  
  
• Sosa Dam
  Sosa Dam
  The Sosa Dam is a barrier in the Free State of Saxony in East Germany. It supplies drinking water to the Western Ore Mountains as well as acting as flood protection.- History :...
  
  
• Saidenbach Dam
  Saidenbach Dam
  The Saidenbach Dam is a dam in the German state of Saxony. Its reservoir supplies drinking water to Chemnitz and, in conjunction with the Central Ore Mountain Dam System and its other dams - Neunzehnhain I und II and Einsiedel - contributes to the supply of the region covered by the South Saxony...
  
  

Saxony-Anhalt

Saxony-Anhalt

Saxony-Anhalt is a landlocked state of Germany. Its capital is Magdeburg and it is surrounded by the German states of Lower Saxony, Brandenburg, Saxony, and Thuringia.Saxony-Anhalt covers an area of...

 

• Ecker Dam
  Ecker Dam
  The Ecker Dam is a dam near Bad Harzburg in the Harz mountains of Germany that went into service in 1942. It impounds primarily the waters of the river Ecker....
  
  
• Kelbra Dam
  Kelbra Dam
  The Kelbra Dam is a dam on the River Helme in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. Behind the dam is the lake known as the Kelbra Reservoir or Kelbra Flood Retention Basin .- Purpose :...
  
  
• Kiliansteich Dam
  Kiliansteich Dam
  The Kiliansteich is one of the oldest dammed reservoirs in Germany. The reservoir is located near Straßberg in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt and supplies drinking water. It impounds the Büschengraben stream...
  
  
• Königshütte Dam
  Königshütte Dam
  The Königshütte Dam is a dam in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt in the Harz mountains. It impounds the River Bode and lies between Königshütte and Susenburg...
  
  
• Mandelholz Dam
  Mandelholz Dam
  The Mandelholz Dam holds back the Kalte Bode Flood Control Basin which is a flood protection reservoir located between the villages of Elend and Königshütte near Wernigerode in the Harz mountains of Germany...
  
  
• Rappbode Dam
  Rappbode Dam
  The Rappbode Dam is the largest dam in the Harz region as well as the highest dam in Germany. Together with several other dams and retention basins, it forms the flood protection system for the eastern Harz.- The individual dams :...
  
  , highest dam in Germany.
• Rappbode Auxiliary Dam
  Rappbode Auxiliary Dam
  The Rappbode Auxiliary Dam is one of the two auxiliary dams in the Rappbode Dam system. This is the heart of the Rappbode Dam system in the East Harz, which is operated by the Saxony-Anhalt Dam Company and which also includes the Hassel Auxiliary Dam and the Königshütte, Mandelholz and Wendefurth...
  
  
• Wendefurth Dam
  Wendefurth Dam
  The Wendefurth Dam near Wendefurth in the Harz is one of the dams downstream of the Rappbode Dam, that provides flood protection as well as impounding the River Bode to provide the lower reservoir for the Wendefurth Power Station...
  
  
• Wippra Dam
  Wippra Dam
  The Wippra Dam or Wipper Dam is a dam on the river Wipper in the Harz mountains. It lies near Wippra, not far from Mansfeld and Hettstedt in Saxony-Anhalt. It was built between February 1951 and November 1952....
  
  
• Zillierbach Dam
  Zillierbach Dam
  The Zillierbach Dam lies in the East Harz in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt near the town of Elbingerode and impounds the Zillierbach stream...
  
  

Thuringia

Thuringia

The Free State of Thuringia is a state of Germany, located in the central part of the country.It has an area of and 2.29 million inhabitants, making it the sixth smallest by area and the fifth smallest by population of Germany's sixteen states....

In Thuringia there are 171 reservoirs. The biggest of them are:

• Bleiloch Dam (biggest reservoir in Germany, volume: ~215 million m³), river Saale
  Saale
  The Saale, also known as the Saxon Saale and Thuringian Saale , is a river in Germany and a left-bank tributary of the Elbe. It is not to be confused with the smaller Franconian Saale, a right-bank tributary of the Main, or the Saale in Lower Saxony, a tributary of the Leine.-Course:The Saale...
  
  
• Deesbach Forebay
  Deesbach Forebay
  The Deesbach Forebay is a dam in the German state of Thuringia in the Thuringian Highland. It impounds the river Lichte and lies between the municipalities Lichte and Unterweissbach...
  
   (height 42.5 m; volume ~3.2 million m³), river Lichte
  Lichte (river)
  The Lichte River is a right tributary of the Schwarza in Thuringia, Germany, and is 17 km long.- Source :The Lichte rises as the Little Lichte in Neuhaus am Rennweg in the Thuringian Highlands.- Course :...
  
  
• Haselbach Reservoir (~25 million m³), flooded opencast mining area
• Hohenwarte Reservoir (volume: ~182 million m³), river Saale
  Saale
  The Saale, also known as the Saxon Saale and Thuringian Saale , is a river in Germany and a left-bank tributary of the Elbe. It is not to be confused with the smaller Franconian Saale, a right-bank tributary of the Main, or the Saale in Lower Saxony, a tributary of the Leine.-Course:The Saale...
  
  
• Leibis-Lichte Dam
  Leibis-Lichte Dam
  The Leibis-Lichte Dam is a dam in the German state of Thuringia in the Thuringian Highland. It impounds the River Lichte and lies between Lichte municipality section Geiersthal and Unterweissbach. To that particular Storage reservoir belongs the Deesbach Forebay...
  
   (height 102.5 m; volume ~32,4 million m³), river Lichte
  Lichte (river)
  The Lichte River is a right tributary of the Schwarza in Thuringia, Germany, and is 17 km long.- Source :The Lichte rises as the Little Lichte in Neuhaus am Rennweg in the Thuringian Highlands.- Course :...
  
  
• Neustadt Dam
  Neustadt Dam
  The Neustadt Dam, also known as the Nordhausen Dam is the oldest dam in the Free State of Thuringia in Germany. It supplies drinking water to the town of Nordhausen....
  
   - Thuringia's oldest dam
• Schmalwasser Dam (~21,2 million m³), river Schmalwasser
  Schmalwasser
  The Schmalwasser is a large heath stream on the southern edge of the Lüneburg Heath. The brook rises near Blickwedel, winds southwards, is joined from the left by the Räderbach and discharges into the Lutter in the village of Bargfeld .The story Die Wasserstraße by Arno Schmidt is about a walk up...
  
  
• Schönbrunn Dam (~23,2 million m³), river Schleuse
• Zeulenroda Dam (~30,4 million m³), river Weida
  Weida
  Weida can refer to the following:*Weida, Thuringia, a town in Thuringia, Germany*Weida , a river in Eastern Thuringia*Weida , a creek in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany*Weida-Land, a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany...