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Harz district Harz is a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Its area is . History The district was established by merging the former districts of Halberstadt, Wernigerode and Quedlinburg as well as the city of Falkenstein (from the district of Aschersleben ...

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 nam ...

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

, status = , construction_began = 1724, overhauled in 1970-1973 , opening = , demolished = , cost = , owner = , dam_type = , dam_height = , dam_height_thalweg = {{convert, 16, m, abbr=on , dam_height_foundation = {{convert, 17, m, abbr=on , dam_length = {{convert, 150, m, abbr=on , dam_width_crest = {{convert, 4, m, abbr=on , dam_width_base = , dam_volume = {{convert, 42000, m3, abbr=on , dam_elevation_crest= {{convert, 434.5, m, abbr=on , dam_crosses = Stollgraben, 2 unknown tributaries , res_name = , res_capacity_total = {{convert, 0.51, e6m3, abbr=on , res_capacity_active= {{convert, 0.46, e6m3, abbr=on , res_capacity_inactive= , res_catchment = {{convert, 3.7, km2, abbr=on , res_surface = {{convert, 11, ha, abbr=on , res_elevation = {{convert, 430.60, m, abbr=on , website = , extra = The Frankenteich (also called the Sägemüllerteich) is an old reservoir in the

of central

. 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 The Kiliansteich (literally " St. Kilian's Pond") is one of the oldest reservoirs in Germany. The reservoir is located near Straßberg (Harz) in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt and supplies drinking water. It impounds the Büschengraben stream ...

which, like the Frankenteich, belongs to the heritage area designated as the

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 ...

. 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.

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*Talsperren in Sachsen-Anhalt, Autorenkollegium, Hrsg.: Talsperrenmeisterei des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt, 1994 Infrastructure completed in 1716 Lower Harz Pond and Ditch System RFrankenteich 1716 establishments in the Holy Roman Empire

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