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Ecker Dam

The Ecker Dam is a gravity dam in the mountain range near , . Constructed between 1939 and 1943, it is today operated by the Harzwasserwerke company.
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Photo: TochterWofflebens, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Scharfenstein and Molkenhaus.

Peak
Photo: Puusterke, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a mountain, 697.6 m above sea level high, in the Harz Mountains of Germany, near Ilsenburg in the district of Harz in . It is part of the Harz National Park.

Restaurant
Photo: Hejkal, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.
The near is a wooden house built in 1822, where cattle from the hillside pastures used to be milked without having to be driven miles to the surrounding farms.

Peak
Photo: Sipalius, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a peak.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Säperstelle and Antoniusplatz.

Locality
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is a locality.

Locality
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is a locality.

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is a village in the borough of the mining town of Altenau in the Harz mountains of and lies at a height of about 800 m above sea level.

Ecker Dam

Latitude
51.83401° or 51° 50′ 2″ north
Longitude
10.5841° or 10° 35′ 3″ east
Elevation
559 metres (1,834 feet)
Open location code
9F3GRHMM+JJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 22699740
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­reservoir
Geo­Names ID
2933600
Wiki­data ID
Q277889
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Italian—“Ecker Dam” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “埃克尔水坝”
  • Czech: “Vodní nádrž Ecker”
  • German: “Eckerstausee”
  • German: “Eckertalsperre”
  • Hungarian: “Ecker-gát”
  • Hungarian: “Eckertalsperre”
  • Italian: “diga di Ecker”

Localities in the Area

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Highlights include Mittelkopf and Viehstall.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Ecker Dam”. Photo: TochterWofflebens, CC BY-SA 3.0.