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Frankenteich

Field	Value
name	Frankenteich
coordinates
location	Harz district, Harz Mountains, Germany
construction_began	1724, overhauled in 1970-1973
dam_height_thalweg	16 m
dam_height_foundation	17 m
dam_length	150 m
dam_width_crest	4 m
dam_volume	42000 m3
dam_elevation_crest	434.5 m
dam_crosses	Stollgraben, 2 unknown tributaries
res_capacity_total	0.51 e6m3
res_capacity_active	0.46 e6m3
res_catchment	3.7 km2
res_surface	11 ha
res_elevation	430.60 m

The Frankenteich (also called the Sägemüllerteich) is an old reservoir in the Harz Mountains of central Germany. It was constructed in 1716 under the direction of mining director (Bergwerksdirektor), Christian Zacharias Koch, for the mining industry and is the largest pond in the Lower Harz. Since 1901 it has supplied drinking water to the village of Straßberg. It impounds the Rödelbachgraben, which discharges into the Selke in Straßberg. A mining ditch runs past the foot of the dam from the Kiliansteich which, like the Frankenteich, belongs to the heritage area designated as the Lower Harz Pond and Ditch System.

The dam, which is made of argillaceous and quartzitic shale, is sealed with an internal core of grass sods. The earth dam was overhauled in 1973, but not raised. During the overhaul, a section was cut in the bottom outlet in the centre of the embankment and then replaced with a new seal of clay and silt and new pipework.

Sources

Talsperren in Sachsen-Anhalt, Autorenkollegium, Hrsg.: Talsperrenmeisterei des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt, 1994

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