22.04.2019 - For some years now you can walk or cycle over a footbridge from one end of the dam to the other end. Guided tours through the dam are a unique experience. The 90-minute guided tour of the whole complex, where you will learn how to get electricity today. Short info: dam height 69 meters, you could dammed 73 million m³ of water and generate electricity for about 20,000 households.

Information and registration: info.ottenstein@evn.at

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Wegert Hannes

July 15, 2021

Mountain biking

A path leads over the dam to the other side

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Wilfried

October 2, 2021

Mountain biking

Dam crossing possible by bike

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Elevation 570 m

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Location: Rastenfeld, Bezirk Krems, Waldviertel, Lower Austria, Austria

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