View of the Oberbecken Reservoir and Spiegelwald

great rest and vantage point, great idea with the swing, young and old have fun here

The upper reservoir consists of a 26 m high and 2590 m long ring dam on the Hundsmarter hilltop at 848.4 m above sea level. NN, which was flattened when the dam was built. This dam is also an earth dam with an external asphalt seal and, with a construction volume of 3,500,000 m³, is the largest dam in Saxony. This makes it the second highest reservoir in Saxony after the Carlsfeld dam. The area when full is about 43.6 ha with a storage volume of about 6.5 million m³. Access to the upper pool is free, with around 150 steps to climb. He is under constant video surveillance.

Wonderful view over a beautiful part of the Ore Mountains. The circular route around the Scheibenberg is always worth a trip!