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Wehr Reservoir

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Wehr Reservoir

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Wehr Reservoir

Recommended by 120 mountain bikers out of 128

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Naturpark Südschwarzwald

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Location: Freiburg District, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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Best Mountain Biking Routes to Wehr Reservoir

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1. View of the Wehr Dam – Kaiserfelsen Tunnel loop from Wehr

21.9km

02:22

760m

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Kaiserfelsen Tunnel – Hornbergbecken Viewpoint loop from Schopfheim Schlattholz

44.1km

03:46

1,060m

Hard mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Wehr Reservoir – View of Mettlerhof loop from Wehr

27.5km

02:49

950m

Hard mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Gerhard T

May 24, 2019

The Wehra dam of the Wehra near Wehr in the district of Waldshut in Baden-Württemberg is a dam made of rubble material with an asphalt concrete outer seal. It was built from 1971 to 1974 and commissioned in 1975. A second tunnel west of the dam serves to relieve the flood. As the lower basin of the Hornberg level (Wehr power station), it is part of the Schluchseewerk. The upper basin of the pumped storage power plant is the Hornberg basin; the cavern with the power plant is located in the mountain about halfway between the upper and lower basins. The Wehra flows out of the reservoir via an inlet structure through a tunnel in the slope to the east of the barrier structure. Initially, the hydropower was not used to generate electricity. Between 1998 and 2000 an additional small hydropower plant with an Ossberger turbine was installed. This has a maximum output of 1,135 MW. The height of fall varies between 16 and 36 meters depending on the water level in the reservoir. The average height of fall is 29 meters.

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Di®k

April 25, 2021

Attention: Due to revision work, it is not possible to pass the Wehra dam from April to October 2021!

This applies to the Schluchtensteig, the Hotzenwald-Querweg and the Wehratal hiking trail.

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Florian

May 23, 2020

Fast descent on the road towards Wehr. 60 km / h are possible.

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Elevation 480 m

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Location: Freiburg District, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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Wehr Reservoir

1. View of the Wehr Dam – Kaiserfelsen Tunnel loop from Wehr

2. Kaiserfelsen Tunnel – Hornbergbecken Viewpoint loop from Schopfheim Schlattholz

3. Wehr Reservoir – View of Mettlerhof loop from Wehr

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