Winkelmannshai

Winkelmannshai is a locality in Lower Saxony, Germany. Winkelmannshai is situated nearby to the locality Münsterhai, as well as near Sperberhai.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hüttenteich Altenau and Polsterberg Pumphouse.

Hüttenteich Altenau

Lake

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Hüttenteich Altenau is a lake.

The Polsterberg Pumphouse is a pumping station above the Dyke Ditch in the Upper Harz in central Germany which is used today as a forest restaurant. As part of the Upper Harz Water Regale it was built in the 18th century and was used to lift the water needed in Clausthal for the mining industry from the Dyke Ditch to the level of the highest pond, the Hirschler Pond.

Sperberhai Dyke

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The Sperberhai Dyke is in fact an aqueduct which forms part of the Upper Harz Water Regale network of reservoirs, ditches, dams and tunnels in the Harz mountains of central Germany.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Altenau and Riefensbeek-Kamschlacken.

Altenau

Village

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Altenau is a town and a former municipality in the district of Goslar, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Since 1 January 2015 it is part of the town Clausthal-Zellerfeld. Altenau is situated 2½ km northeast of Winkelmannshai.