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The Sosa Dam is a dam in the Free State of Saxony. It serves to supply drinking water to the western Ore Mountains and to provide flood protection. The dam was built between 1949 and 1952 in the Höllengrund valley south of Sosa, which has been part of the town of Eibenstock since 2011, in the Ore Mountains, and was finally put into operation in 1952.

☆ The construction time is remarkable... 👍

☆ With a small island and a small ferry to pull you to the other shore.

The largest waterfall in Saxony and one of the highest German waterfalls outside the Alps is located in the immediate vicinity of Blauenthal. This former site of a flour and board mill was bought by Andreas Blau around 1530 and converted into a hammer mill. After the First World War, the owner of the paper factory had a new ditch dug above a steep rock face in order to use the water to drive his turbines. On Sundays and public holidays, the machines stood still and the water rushed down into the valley.

☆ The wall is 50 meters high.

In, on, and around the dam. There's something for everyone. The kiosk/bistro is highly recommended.

The Talperre Sosa barrier wall is the last quarry stone wall built in Germany. The quarry stone masonry of the dam body is made of granite. This granite was quarried in the nearby quarry. The Maxhütte in Unterwellenborn developed a special mixed binder "Sosa - special binder" for the construction of the dam wall. Source: http://www.sosa-online.de/Talsperre.html

The dam wall of the Carlsfeld dam is a listed building. The curved gravity dam wall made of rubble stone is 195 meters long and up to 20 meters wide at the base. Its height above the foundation base is almost 32 meters. The dam axis has a radius of 160 meters. Source: https://www.wasserwirtschaft.sachsen.de/TS_Carlsfeld.html?_cp=%7B%22accordion-content-13266%22%3A%7B%222%22%3Atrue%2C%223%22%3Atrue%7D%2C%22previousOpen%22%3A%7B%22group%22%3A%22accordion-content-13266%22%2C%22idx%22%3A3%7D%7D