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Westewitz High Weir

Westewitz High Weir

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Westewitz High Weir

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Location: Hartha, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany

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1. Mulde River Riverside Path – Cistercian Monastery Buch loop from Töpeln

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2. Wettinerstein Mailust – Westewitz High Weir loop from Westewitz

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3. Mulde Bridge Klosterbuch – Westewitz High Weir loop from Klosterbuch

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Andi

March 13, 2021

A high weir was built below Westewitz in 1923-25, spanning the Freiberg Mulde. The system has a height of 14 m, with 4 bulkheads it regulates the flow of water over a width of 53 m. Backwards, in the direction of Döbeln, enough meadow areas are available to use them as expansion areas for 3 km in an emergency and thus to relieve the hollow. It cannot provide absolute protection against flooding, but it has often helped with shorter rains and thus fulfilled its purpose. The Westewitzer Hochwehr is the largest in Europe and is still fully functional today despite its age.
In order not to leave it completely unused when the water level in the hollow is normal, a small hydroelectric power station was built on a side arm, the Mühlgraben. Even if its performance is not abundant, the water in the basin is used sensibly.
See zweimuldenland.de/hochwehrwestewitz/Das-Hochwehr-Westewitz.html

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Torsten

December 27, 2016

It is one of the largest covered high weirs in Europe, 53 meters long and 14 meters high above the river bed. It is always impressive. Even if you can't figure it out right away.

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Mike

January 1, 2021

highest roofed high weir in Europe !!! ... can be perfectly integrated into the Maylust hike to Klosterbuch / Leisnig

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Location: Hartha, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany

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