Rappbode Auxiliary Dam
The Rappbode Auxiliary Dam (German: Rappbodevorsperre) 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 (Talsperrenbetrieb des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt) and which also includes the Hassel Auxiliary Dam and the Königshütte, Mandelholz and Wendefurth dams.
| Rappbode Auxiliary Dam | |
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  Location of Rappbode Auxiliary Dam in Germany | |
| Country | Germany |
| Location | Harz |
| Coordinates | 51°42′20″N 10°47′39″E |
| Opening date | 1961 |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Height | 25 m |
| Length | 118 m |
| Dam volume | 21,000 m³ |
| Reservoir | |
| Total capacity | 1.66 million m³ |
The Rappbode Auxiliary Dam near Trautenstein is used, together with the main dam, for supplying drinking water and for flood protection. The auxiliary dam impounds the River Rappbode. It has a 25 m high gravity dam.
The area around the Rappbode Auxiliary Dam is well-suited to walking. Its eastern shore is dominated by numerous rocky crags. On the most important lakeside rocks, where today the reservoir and, formerly, the Rappbode river makes a small bend, there was once a castle, the Trageburg, which, like the Susenburg not far away, was used to guard an old long-distance trade route.
Gallery
Trageburg castle once stood on these central rocks
Southern section of the reservoir with the Trageburg rocks on the left-hand side
The eastern shore is guarded by crags
The southern end near Trautenstein
See also
- List of dams in the Harz
- List of reservoirs and dams in Germany
External links
- The Rappbode Auxiliary Dam ('Predam') (in English)
- Saxony-Anhalt Dam Company (in German)