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View of the Schwarzenbach Dam

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Karlsruhe District

View of the Schwarzenbach Dam

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View of the Schwarzenbach Dam

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

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1. Schwarzenbach Dam – View of the Schwarzenbach Dam loop from Forbach (Schwarzwald)

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2. View of the Schwarzenbach Dam – Schwarzenbach Dam loop from Forbach

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3. Schwarzenbach Dam – View of the Schwarzenbach Dam loop from Aschenplatz

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Maren Ingrid

September 26, 2017

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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Armin

May 29, 2019

Rest and enjoy - plus the wonderful view.

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Miodrag Knežević

July 12, 2021

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 1926 and located in a side valley of the Murg valley, is EnBW Kraftwerke AG. If there is an excess of electricity generation (mainly at night), water is pumped from the lower Murgtalsperre in Kirschbaumwasen, via the power house in Forbach, into the Schwarzenbachtalsperre. If there is a lack of energy, the water from the reservoir is fed to the Forbach compensation basin to generate electricity to cover peak loads via the water turbines (source Wikipedia).

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

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1. Schwarzenbach Dam – View of the Schwarzenbach Dam loop from Forbach (Schwarzwald)

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