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Wiehlmünden Dam

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Oberbergischer Kreis

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Wiehlmünden Dam

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Wiehlmünden Dam

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Location: Engelskirchen, Oberbergischer Kreis, Bergisches Land, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Franz

January 17, 2020

Due to some floods in recent years and repair work, the former reservoir has receded to a small area in front of the weir and is increasingly being transformed by nature into a solid land mass.

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HPT

March 10, 2019

The dam belongs to an old Agger hydroelectric power plant in Wiehlmünden, which still serves to generate electricity. The reservoir behind it has been lowered several times over the years and is now much smaller than in the past. The lake is freely accessible and has nice rest areas to offer.

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PeterH65 (a.k.a. "Waldorf")

March 29, 2020

"... In order to be able to cover the constantly increasing energy demand in the Aggertal dam, in addition to the construction of the Aggertalsperre, the construction of eight compensation ponds below the Aggertalsperre was necessary in order to provide the engine owners with sufficient water at the start of work. These were the Dümmlinghausen, Derschlag Osberghausen, Wiehlmünden, Haus Ley, Ohl-Grünscheid, Ehreshoven I and Ehreshoven II barrages. The Derschlag dam was dismantled in the early 1980s. The Agger has undergone profound changes by people since the industrialization of the Agger Valley With the construction of the Aggertalsperre, the companies were able to reliably generate electricity from their turbines, the water flowed off evenly, winter surplus was released in the low-rainfall summer, and the areas along the Agger were protected from flooding ... "
Source: aggerverband.de/talsperren/stauweiher/stauweiher-osberghausen

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Elevation 150 m

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18 %

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Max wind speed: 12.0 km/h

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Location: Engelskirchen, Oberbergischer Kreis, Bergisches Land, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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