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Siebengründer Graben
The Siebengründer Graben is a mining ditch, constructed in 1903/1904 in the Lower Harz in central Germany, that is dry and no longer used. History An earlier ditch, the ''Kochsgraben'' was completed in 1724. In the course of the decline of mining in the Straßberg (Harz), Straßberg area of the Harz Mountains the ditch was initially extended by the section known as the ''Anhaltischer'' or ''Langer Graben'' in the Neudorf (Harz), Neudorf Mining Field. After mining ceased there in 1903, the section to Neudorf was closed and the Kochsgraben extended for a final time. This new section, called the ''Siebengründer Graben'', linked the ''Siebengrund'' bottom, the catchment area of the Teufelsteich reservoir, was linked to the Lower Harz Pond and Ditch System. In addition to the ''Teufelsteich'', the ponds of Fürstenteich and ''Silberhütter Pochwerksteich'' were also now supplied with water from the Lude (Thyra), Lude stream and the Rödelbachgraben. The entire ditch was renamed as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lower Harz
The Harz (), also called the Harz Mountains, is a Mittelgebirge, highland area in northern Germany. It has the highest elevations for that region, and its rugged terrain extends across parts of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia. The name ''Harz'' derives from the Middle High German word ''Hardt'' or ''Hart'' (hill forest). The name ''Hercynia'' derives from a Celtic name and could refer to Hercynian Forest, other mountain forests, but has also been applied to the Rhenohercynian zone, geology of the Harz. The Brocken is the highest summit in the Harz with an elevation of above Normalnull, sea level. The Wurmberg (Harz), Wurmberg () is the highest peak located entirely within the state of Lower Saxony. Geography Location and extent The Harz has a length of , stretching from the town of Seesen in the northwest to Eisleben in the east, and a width of . It occupies an area of , and is divided into the Upper Harz (''Oberharz'') in the northwest, which is up to 800 m high ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Straßberg (Harz)
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Straßberg may refer to: Places in Germany *Straßberg, Saxony-Anhalt, a town in the district of Harz of Saxony-Anhalt *Straßberg, Zollernalbkreis, a town in the Zollernalbkreis of Baden-Württemberg *Straßberg, one of the communities amalgamated to form Bobingen, Bavaria, in 1972 Other uses *Straßberg, one of the Castles in South Tyrol * ''Funkgerät (FuG 230) Straßburg'', one of two receivers in the Kehl-Strasbourg radio control link, a German MCLOS radio control system of World War II See also *Josef Straßberger, German weightlifter * Strasburg (other) * Strasberg * Strasbourg (other) Strasbourg is the name of a city in France. It may also refer to: * AS Strasbourg, a French association football team *French battleship Strasbourg *RC Strasbourg Alsace, French association football team * SIG Strasbourg, a French basketball club ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harz Mountains
The Harz (), also called the Harz Mountains, is a Mittelgebirge, highland area in northern Germany. It has the highest elevations for that region, and its rugged terrain extends across parts of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia. The name ''Harz'' derives from the Middle High German word ''Hardt'' or ''Hart'' (hill forest). The name ''Hercynia'' derives from a Celtic name and could refer to Hercynian Forest, other mountain forests, but has also been applied to the Rhenohercynian zone, geology of the Harz. The Brocken is the highest summit in the Harz with an elevation of above Normalnull, sea level. The Wurmberg (Harz), Wurmberg () is the highest peak located entirely within the state of Lower Saxony. Geography Location and extent The Harz has a length of , stretching from the town of Seesen in the northwest to Eisleben in the east, and a width of . It occupies an area of , and is divided into the Upper Harz (''Oberharz'') in the northwest, which is up to 800 m high ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neudorf (Harz)
Neudorf (, ) is a village and a former municipality in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. On 1 September 2010 Neudorf was incorporated into Harzgerode. Tourism There is a checkpoint (no. 193) for hikers by the ''Stahlquelle'' which is part of theHarzer Wandernadel
The Harzer Wandernadel is a system of hiking awards in the Harz ...
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Teufelsteich
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Lower Harz Pond And Ditch System
Within the Lower Harz region (in the counties of Harz and Mansfeld-Südharz in central Germany) are still many traces of the historical water management facilities used by the mining industry. In addition to water-carrying ditches and ponds, there are also long-abandoned ditches and dry pond beds. The Lower Harz Pond and Ditch System (), which forms the major part of these old water management facilities, lies in the central Lower Harz, almost entirely within the borough of the present-day town of Harzgerode. Extent In the central Lower Harz between the villages of Neudorf, Silberhütte, Straßberg, Großem Auerberg and the upper Lude river is the only, historical, mine water management system in the Lower Harz. Sheltered by the geographical-climatic conditions of the Lower Harz, the system never reached the scale of comparable systems in the Upper Harz and the Ore Mountains. The river catchment areas affected are primarily the source regions and upper reaches of small mount ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fürstenteich
The Fürstenteich is a reservoir near Silberhütte in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It has an earth-filled dam with an impervious core. It impounds the Teufelsgrundbach stream. Construction The dam was based on sedimented shale and has an internal impervious core of organic clays (grass sods). During renovation work about 70 cm of the surface layer on the old downstream face was removed and replaced by layers of shale material. That was covered with a 10 cm thick layer of topsoil sown with grass seed. On the upstream side, 60 cm was removed and on a 30 cm thick layer of stone chippings a similarly thick protective layer of ballast. The dam was also raised in height by about 1 metre. After removing 90 cm of the old dam crest, a metre-wide toe wall was integrated from the subgrade (''Planum''). This extends as far as the cohesive earth material of the old dam core. The old wooden outlet channel (''Striegelgerinne'') is still there, but no longe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lude (Thyra)
The Lude is an long stream of Saxony-Anhalt, in the Harz Mountains of central Germany. It is the strongest and – besides an affluent of itself – longest headwater of the Thyra and therefore hydrographically defined as its upper course. Course The Lude rises northwest of Stolberg, about one kilometre west of Breitenstein. Only about separates the southern source stream of the Katzsohlbach from the sources of the Lude and about from the source of the Wahnborn. From 1745 to 1910 the ''Rieschengraben'' ditch channelled water from the Lude and Schmale Lude into the Lower Harz Pond and Ditch System, where the water of the Lude was impounded by the reservoir . At the foot of the ''Lindischberg'' (orographic right) and ''Kießlingskopf'' (orographic left) hills the ''Klippenwasser'' empties into the upper Lude. Only {{convert, 500, m, ft downstream the ''Hellbach'' joins from the right. Just 500 metres further downstream the Lude has another, right-hand tributary. The stream ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kunstgraben
A ''Kunstgraben'' is a type of man-made Canal, water channel that was once used by mines to drive the water wheels needed for power, mine drainage and a host of other purposes. The term is German (plural: ''Kunstgräben''). Similar ditches supplying water mills in England are called leats. Background Until the invention of the steam engine, water power was the main source of energy utilised by the various mechanical engines employed in the mining industry, such as water wheels, reversible water wheels, water-column engines or water turbines. To enable mine workings to be driven ever deeper, more and more power was needed. The water available in the vicinity of the pits was insufficient for that purpose and springs frequently dried up as a result of be diverted for use in the mines. As a result, the water needed for the mine workings sometimes had to be transported over long distances. Usage The aim was to have the greatest possible height difference at the site of the wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silberhütte (Harzgerode)
Silberhütte is a village in the town of Harzgerode in the district of Landkreis Harz, Harz in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. Its name means "silver works", a place where silver ore is smelted. Geography Silberhütte lies in the Selke (river), Selke valley of the Lower Harz. History The first recorded mention of Silberhütte dates to the year 1692, which is also the year the place was founded. Hitherto there had been a silver works at this site and several stamp mills, where ore won from the surrounding mines was processed. The artificial channel built to supply water to the works (from 1904 known as the ''Silberhütter Kunstgraben'') is the longest in the Lower Harz Pond and Ditch System at 25.5 km. Ore was processed all year round in four smelting furnaces, two sulphur furnaces and a vitriol works. The lead smelter, smelter produced up to 1.6 t of silver and 870 t of lead annually. A powder mill was opened in 1790 which supplied hunters as well as the surroundin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canals In Germany
Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or engineered channels built for drainage management (e.g. flood control and irrigation) or for conveyancing water transport vehicles (e.g. water taxi). They carry free, calm surface flow under atmospheric pressure, and can be thought of as artificial rivers. In most cases, a canal has a series of dams and lock (water transport), locks that create reservoirs of low speed current flow. These reservoirs are referred to as ''slack water levels'', often just called ''levels''. A canal can be called a navigation canal when it parallels a natural river and shares part of the latter's discharge (hydrology), discharges and drainage basin, and leverages its resources by building dams and locks to increase and lengthen its stretches of slack water levels while staying in its valley. A canal can cut across a drainage divide atop a ridge, generally requiring an external water source above the highest elevation. The best-known example o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
