Frauenau Dam Explained

Frauenau Dam
Name Official:Trinkwassertalsperre Frauenau
Coordinates:49.0137°N 13.3334°W
Construction Began:1976–1983
Dam Crosses:Little Regen, Hirschbach
Dam Elevation Crest:770.8 m[1]
Dam Height Thalweg:70.5 m
Dam Height Foundation:84.7 or 86 m
Dam Length:640 m
Dam Width Crest:9 m
Dam Curve Radius:-->
Dam Volume:2.5 Mm³
Res Capacity Total:21.7 Mm³
Res Capacity Active:20.8 Mm³
Res Catchment:30.4 km²
Res Surface:94 ha
Res Elevation:767 m
Plant Capacity:617 kW

The Frauenau Dam (German: Trinkwassertalsperre Frauenau or Trinkwasserspeicher Frauenau) in the Bavarian Forest, in Germany, 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.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.hnd.bayern.de/pegel/naab_regen/twt-frauenau-seepegel-15215600/marken? Hochwassermarken des hnd