The Schwarzenbach Dam is the most important structure of the Rudolf Fettweis Pumped Storage Power Plant. Completed in 1926, the dam collects water on the eastern slope of the rain-rich main ridge of the northern Black Forest. Water from the Murg River is also pumped into the reservoir, as the facility serves to balance the energy supply. The gravity dam is 400 meters long and 65 meters high. The lake is over two kilometers long.

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The Schwarzenbachtalsperre near Forbach in the northern Black Forest is the most important structure of the Rudolf-Fettweis-Werk pumped storage power plant. The operator of the dam, which was completed in …

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Location: Forbach, Landkreis Rastatt, Karlsruhe District, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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