The Kleine Kinzig Dam (German: Talsperre Kleine Kinzig or Kleine-Kinzig-Talsperre) is a dam which was commissioned in 1984 in Reinerzau near Freudenstadt in Germany's Black Forest. It lies within the state of Baden-Württemberg and supplies drinking water, provides flood protection, drought protection and power generation using hydropower. It impounds the Kleine Kinzig river; the dam belongs to the Kleine Kinzig Special Purpose Association (Zweckverband Kleine Kinzig)

Kleine Kinzig Dam
Official nameTalsperre Kleine Kinzig
CountryGermany
LocationCounty of Freudenstadt
Coordinates48°23′56″N 8°21′56″E / 48.39889°N 08.36556°E / 48.39889; 08.36556
PurposeFreshwater dam, flood-control dam[1]
Construction began1978[1]
Opening date1982[1]
Dam and spillways
Type of damRockfill dam[1]
ImpoundsKleine Kinzig
Height (foundation)71 m (233 ft)
Height (thalweg)70 m (230 ft)
Length380 m (1,250 ft)[1]
Elevation at crest609 m (1,998 ft)
Width (crest)8 m (26 ft)[1]
Dam volume1,420,000 m³
Spillway capacity113 m³/s
Reservoir
Total capacity14×106 m3 (4.9×108 cu ft)[1]
Active capacity13.3×106 m3 (4.7×108 cu ft)
Catchment area18.6 km2 (7.2 sq mi)
Surface area0.60580 km2 (0.23390 sq mi)
The reservoir seen from the north
The road across the dam

The barrier is a rockfill dam[1] with asphalt concrete interior sealing (bituminous core). The dam is made of granite and bunter sandstone and was constructed from May 1981 to October 1982. The initial impoundment of the river lasted from 13 December 1982 to June 1984.

Overflow protection is housed in a tower with a circular spillway in the reservoir, to which a gallery is connected. The rated capacity of the power plant is 580 kW. The reservoir supplies between 3 and 8 million m³ of drinking water annually.

The reservoir is ca. 3 km (1.9 mi) long, 450 m (1,480 ft) wide and has a maximum depth of 60 m (200 ft).

There is also a forebay with a 15 m (49 ft)-high dam made of earth and rock from the hillside (Hangschuttmaterial).

The Kleine Kinzig dam should not be confused with the Kinzig Dam near Steinau in Hesse.

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Kleine Kinzig Dam at https://structurae.net. Retrieved 7 Dec 2017.

Literature

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  • Alwin Eppler: Die Talsperre Kleine Kinzig. Trinkwasser für eine Schwarzwald-Region. Eppe, Aulendorf / Bergatreute 2004, ISBN 3-89089-077-6.
  • Nationales Komitee für Große Talsperren in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (DNK) und Deutscher Verband für Wasserwirtschaft und Kulturbau e.V. (DVWK) (Hrsg.), Peter Franke, Wolfgang Frey (Bearb.): Talsperren in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-926520-00-0.
  • Trinkwasser aus dem Schwarzwald. (Prospekt des Zweckverbandes Wasserversorgung Kleine Kinzig)
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