Frauenau Dam | |
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Official name | Trinkwassertalsperre Frauenau |
Coordinates | 49°00′49″N 13°20′00″E / 49.0137°N 13.3334°E |
Construction began | 1976–1983 |
Dam and spillways | |
Impounds | Little Regen, Hirschbach |
Height (foundation) | 84.7 or 86 m |
Height (thalweg) | 70.5 m |
Length | 640 m |
Elevation at crest | 770.8 m[1] |
Width (crest) | 9 m |
Dam volume | 2.5 Mm³ |
Reservoir | |
Total capacity | 21.7 Mm³ |
Active capacity | 20.8 Mm³ |
Catchment area | 30.4 km² |
Surface area | 94 ha |
Normal elevation | 767 m |
Power Station | |
Installed capacity | 617 kW |
The Frauenau Dam (German: Trinkwassertalsperre Frauenau or Trinkwasserspeicher Frauenau) in the Bavarian Forest, in Germany, was built in 1983 to ensure the drinking water supply to large parts of Lower Bavaria.