Country Germany Thuringia Height 102.5 m (336 ft) Width (crest) 9 metres (30 ft) Construction began 2002 | Opening date 2005 Length 369 m (1,211 ft) Opened 2005 Type of dam Gravity dam | |
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Location Distr. Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, Municip. Unterweissbach, Lichte Valley Similar Barigauer Turm, Goldisthal Pumped Storage S, Thuringian Highland, Lichte, Saalfeld Fairy Grottoes | ||
The Leibis-Lichte Dam (German: Talsperre Leibis –Lichte) is a 102.5-metre-tall (336 ft) dam in the German state of Thuringia in the Thuringian Highland. The dam was completed in 2005 to impound the River Lichte, between the Lichte municipality section Geiersthal and Unterweissbach. To that particular storage reservoir belongs the Deesbach Forebay (German: Vorsperre Deesbach). The name of the dam, "Leibis-Lichte Dam" was derived from the close proximity to the municipalities of Leibis and Lichte, as well as from the Lichte River as being the main inlet.
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Map of Leibis-Lichte Dam, 98744 Unterwei%C3%9Fbach, Germany
ConstructionEdit
The Leibis-Lichte Dam was constructed in the time period from 2002 to September 2005.
Inside the formwork, heavy equipment was used to spread and compact the large quantities of concrete. Mini excavators and graders put nearly 2,000 cubic metres (71,000 cu ft) of concrete each day into the formwork blocks. Giant cable cranes, reaching over the valley, moved the concrete across the site, with the transport containers holding up to 6 cubic metres (212 cu ft) of concrete.