Zapora Pilchowice
The Pilchowice Dam is the highest stone and arch dam and the second highest, as well as the second oldest, hydroelectric dam in Poland, located near the village of Pilchowice, Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It was built in 1902–1912.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Poland
- Also known as: “Pilchowice Dam”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Jezioro Wrzeszczyńskie and Maciejowiec Palace.
Jezioro Wrzeszczyńskie
Reservoir
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Jezioro Wrzeszczyńskie is a reservoir, which is situated 3 km south of Zapora Pilchowice.
Maciejowiec Palace
Residential building
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Maciejowiec Palace is a residential building, which is situated 2 km northwest of Zapora Pilchowice.
Elektrownia wodna Wrzeszczyn
Industrial building
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Elektrownia wodna Wrzeszczyn is an industrial building, which is situated 2½ km south of Zapora Pilchowice.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pilchowice and Wrzeszczyn.
Pilchowice
Village
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Pilchowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wleń, within Lwówek Śląski County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. The Pilchowice Dam is located near the village.
Wrzeszczyn
Village
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Wrzeszczyn is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jeżów Sudecki, within Karkonosze County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.
Maciejowiec
Village
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Maciejowiec is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lubomierz, within Lwówek Śląski County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.
Zapora Pilchowice
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“Zapora Pilchowice” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Zapora Pilchowice”
- Czech: “Pilchowická přehrada”
- French: “barrage de Pilchowice”
- French: “Barrage de Pilchowice”
- German: “Bobertalsperre Mauer”
- German: “Bobertalsperre”
- German: “Mauertalsperre”
- German: “Talsperre Mauer”
- Polish: “Zapora Pilchowice”
- Portuguese: “Barragem de Pilchowice”
- Spanish: “Presa de Pilchowice”
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