Gottleuba Dam
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The Gottleuba Dam is the second largest dam
in Saxony
. It serves as a reservoir for supply of water for Pirna
and provides flood protection, but energy production is small. The dam was built between 1965 and 1974 and is located between Bad Gottleuba and Erzgebirge. It was under construction in 1974 and was completed in 1976. It dams up the Gottleuba
river.
Above the concrete dam is a lookout point. The dam is not accessible to the public. Bathing and leisure sport in the lake is not allowed, since it is for drinking water. Entry around the lake is allowed.
Dam
A dam is a barrier that impounds water or underground streams. Dams generally serve the primary purpose of retaining water, while other structures such as floodgates or levees are used to manage or prevent water flow into specific land regions. Hydropower and pumped-storage hydroelectricity are...
in Saxony
Saxony
The Free State of Saxony is a landlocked state of Germany, contingent with Brandenburg, Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, the Czech Republic and Poland. It is the tenth-largest German state in area, with of Germany's sixteen states....
. It serves as a reservoir for supply of water for Pirna
Pirna
Pirna is a town in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, capital of the administrative district Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge. The town's population is over 40,000. Pirna is located near Dresden and is an important district town as well as a Große Kreisstadt...
and provides flood protection, but energy production is small. The dam was built between 1965 and 1974 and is located between Bad Gottleuba and Erzgebirge. It was under construction in 1974 and was completed in 1976. It dams up the Gottleuba
Gottleuba
The Gottleuba is a small river in the Czech Republic and Germany, left tributary of the Elbe. It source is in the eastern part of the Ore Mountains, north of Ústí nad Labem. After a few km it crosses the Czech-German border, and flows the rest of its 34 km in Saxony. It passes the Gottleuba Dam and...
river.
Above the concrete dam is a lookout point. The dam is not accessible to the public. Bathing and leisure sport in the lake is not allowed, since it is for drinking water. Entry around the lake is allowed.