Kelbra Reservoir

Kelbra Reservoir

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Kelbra Reservoir

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Location: Heringen/Helme, Landkreis Nordhausen, Thuringia, Germany

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July 29, 2025

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The Kelbra Dam, behind which lies the Kelbra Reservoir, also known as the Kelbra Flood Retention Basin, is a dam built between 1962 and 1966[1] on the Helme River in Saxony-Anhalt (Mansfeld-Südharz district). Its reservoir/flood retention basin, with smaller parts also located in Thuringia (Nordhausen district and Kyffhäuser district), is approximately 6 km²[2] in size.
Source: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talsperre_Kelbra

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The Kelbra Dam is located at the northwest end of the Kyffhäuser Mountains, between Auleben in the west, Görsbach in the northwest, and Badra in the southwest (all in Thuringia), …

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The Kelbra Dam was built together with the retention basin located just upstream (behind the L2079 road). Together, they serve to protect against flooding, while the reservoir is used solely for irrigation, fishing, and recreation. Since 1978, the lake and retention basin have formed the Ramsar Protected Area 176, Helmestausee Berga-Kelbra, covering 14.53 km². It overlaps in the southwest with the combined Natura 2000 area Kyffhäuser – Badraer Schweiz – Solwiesen (ID 4632-302). The reservoir and flood retention basin are jointly and cooperatively managed by the Thuringian Long-Distance Water Supply and the Dam Authority of Saxony-Anhalt.
Source: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talsperre_Kelbra

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