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.

Frauenau Dam
Official nameTrinkwassertalsperre Frauenau
Coordinates49°00′49″N 13°20′00″E / 49.0137°N 13.3334°E / 49.0137; 13.3334
Construction began1976–1983
Dam and spillways
ImpoundsLittle Regen, Hirschbach
Height (foundation)84.7 or 86 m
Height (thalweg)70.5 m
Length640 m
Elevation at crest770.8 m[1]
Width (crest)9 m
Dam volume2.5 Mm³
Reservoir
Total capacity21.7 Mm³
Active capacity20.8 Mm³
Catchment area30.4 km²
Surface area94 ha
Normal elevation767 m
Power Station
Installed capacity617 kW

Description

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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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References

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Literature

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  • 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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