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Stuttgart District

Eseltal Dam

Stuttgart District

Eseltal Dam

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Please check local regulations for: Geopark Schwäbische Alb

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Location: Steinheim am Albuch, Heidenheim, Stuttgart District, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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1. Kraterblick Mountain Hut – View of Söhnstetten loop from Steinheim am Albuch

47.9km

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440m

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2. View of Söhnstetten – Alpacas on the Swabian Jura loop from Gerstetten

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01:44

280m

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3. Wayside Cross Near Bartholomä – Mauertal Dam loop from Söhnstetten

27.1km

01:46

280m

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Peter W.

September 28, 2018

The lock built in 1956 is just before the local area of Söhnstetten and has a 20.7 m high [LUBW 3] high earth dam, whose crown thus almost up to 600 m above sea level. NHN [LUBW 4] is enough. It has an earth volume of 140,000 m³ and can retain up to 705,000 m² [LUBW 3] of water.
Source: Wikipedia

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Andreas 🚴🏻‍♂️ 🚵‍♂️

April 27, 2021

Eseltal flood retention basin.
The structure seals off the approximately 4 km long Eseltal dry valley, which begins near the village of Steinenkirch in Böhmenkirch and to which only the shorter, also dry Ulmer Valley and, shortly before the dam, the approximately 2.5 km long Benzenhauser Teich dry valley from the outskirts of Böhmenkirch runs in. The catchment area is about 11.5 km². It is located on the karstified White Jurassic plateau of the Swabian Alb in the Albuch natural area.

Source: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hochwasserr%C3%BCckhaltebecken_Eseltal

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Tobi - Älbler zwecks d´r Übersicht 🥾

June 22, 2023

Great view from the top of the dam over fields and juniper heath

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Location: Steinheim am Albuch, Heidenheim, Stuttgart District, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Eseltal Dam

1. Kraterblick Mountain Hut – View of Söhnstetten loop from Steinheim am Albuch

2. View of Söhnstetten – Alpacas on the Swabian Jura loop from Gerstetten

3. Wayside Cross Near Bartholomä – Mauertal Dam loop from Söhnstetten

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