Carinthia
Spittal an der Drau District
Malta

Kölnbrein Dam

The Kölnbrein Dam is an arch dam in the Hohe Tauern range within Carinthia, . It was constructed between 1971 and 1979 and at 200 metres high, it is the tallest dam in Austria.
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  • Type: Dam
  • Description: dam in Carinthia, Austria
  • Also known as: “Koelnbreinsperre” and “Kölnbreinsperre Staumauer”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Marchkarspitze and Kölnbreinspitze.

Peak
Photo: Michael Burgholzer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a peak.

Peak
Photo: WA-Wien, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a peak, which is situated 3½ km northeast of Kölnbrein Dam.

Peak
Photo: HelgeRieder, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a peak, which is situated 3 km northeast of Kölnbrein Dam.

Kölnbrein Dam

Latitude
47.0787° or 47° 4′ 43″ north
Longitude
13.33999° or 13° 20′ 24″ east
Elevation
1,753 metres (5,751 feet)
Inception
1979
Height
200 metres (656 feet)
Operator
Verbund Hydro Power GmbH
Open location code
8FVM38HQ+FX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 778969876
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­dam
Geo­Names ID
7282599
Wiki­data ID
Q378432
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“Kölnbrein Dam” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Lyolnbreyn su anbarı”
  • Cebuano: “Köhlbrein Dam”
  • Chinese: “柯恩布莱因坝”
  • Chinese: “柯恩布萊因壩”
  • Estonian: “Kölnbreini pais”
  • French: “barrage Kölnbrein”
  • French: “Barrage Kölnbrein”
  • Georgian: “კილნბრეინის კაშხალი”
  • German: “Kölnbrein-Staumauer”
  • German: “Kölnbreinsperre”
  • Hebrew: “סכר קולנבריין”
  • Hungarian: “Kölnbrein duzzasztógát”
  • Indonesian: “Bendungan Kölnbrein”
  • Japanese: “ケルンブライン・ダム”
  • Kazakh: “Кёльнбрайн бөгеті”
  • Persian: “سد کونبرین”
  • Russian: “Кёльнбрайнская плотина”
  • Russian: “Кёльнбрейнская плотина”
  • Russian: “Плотина Кёльнбрайн”
  • Russian: “Плотина Кёльнбрейн”
  • Slovenian: “Jez Kölnbrein”
  • Swedish: “Köhlbrein Dam”
  • Ukrainian: “Гребля Кельнбрейн”
  • Ukrainian: “Кьольнбрайнська гребля”

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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 “Kölnbrein Dam”. Photo: Kwerdenker, CC BY-SA 3.0.