Pumpspeicherbecken Wendefurth

Pumpspeicherbecken Wendefurth is a reservoir in Thale, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt. Pumpspeicherbecken Wendefurth is situated nearby to the hamlet Harzköhlerei Stemberghaus, as well as near the locality Lehmwege.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Wendefurth Dam and Schieferberg.

Wendefurth Dam

Reservoir

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The Wendefurth Dam near Wendefurth in the Harz, Germany, is one of the dams downstream of the Rappbode Dam, that provides flood protection as well as impounding the River Bode to provide the lower reservoir for the Wendefurth Power Station.

Schieferberg

Nature reserve

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Schieferberg is a nature reserve.

Wendefurth Power Station

Power station

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Wendefurth Power Station is a pumped-storage hydroelectric power station on the reservoir of the Wendefurth Dam near Wendefurth in the Harz mountains of central Germany.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hasselfelde and Wendefurth.

Hasselfelde

Suburb

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Hasselfelde is a town in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is in the eastern Harz, approximately 17 km south of Wernigerode. Since 1 January 2010 it has been part of the town of Oberharz am Brocken. Its population is 1,941.

Wendefurth

Hamlet

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Wendefurth is a hamlet in central Germany that, since 1 July 2009, has been part of the borough of Thale district of Harz. Previously it belonged to the municipality of Altenbrak which was incorporated into Thale.