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Location
  
Waldeck-Frankenberg

Impounds
  
Twiste

Height (thalweg)
  
21.5 m (70.5 ft)

Construction began
  
1971

Opening date
  
1981

Height (foundation)
  
23.5 m (77.1 ft)

Length
  
275 m (902 ft)

Impound
  
Twiste

Twistesee Ferienregion Twistesee Touristik Service WaldeckEderbergland GmbH

Similar
  
Arolsen Castle, Diemelsee, Edersee Dam, Christian Daniel Rauch‑Museum, Kellerwald

The Twistesee is a reservoir on the Twiste in the county of Waldeck-Frankenberg in North Hesse, Germany.

Contents

Der twistesee in bad arolsen


Location

Twistesee Ferienhaus im Ferienpark Arolsen Twistesee

The Twistesee is located at the northern end of the Langer Wald around 30 km as the crow flies west-northwest of Kassel between Bad Arolsen in the west, Volkmarsen to the northeast and Wolfhagen to the southeast. The reason for its construction was the so-called Henry Flood (Heinrichsflut) on 16/17 July 1965 that caused serious damage and destruction in the catchment areas of the Twiste and Diemel rivers. Near one riverside village, Wetterburg, the Twiste was impounded by a dam to form a very large flood retention basin in order to control the water level.

Sights

Among the sights in the vicinity of the Twistesee are:


  • Bad Arolsen, the best known destination near the reservoir.
  • Neu-Berich, a village with an interesting past, near the lake.
  • Landau, somewhat southeast of the reservoir, has an historical old town which is entirely protected, a palace, an historical town church and the Landauer Wasserkunst, an historical water supply system.
  • Near Volkhardinghausen, not far south of the reservoir, stands the French Oak (Franzoseneiche).

    • Literature

  • Peter Franke, Wolfgang Frey: Talsperren in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. DNK – DVWK 1987, ISBN 3-926520-00-0

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    Twistesee FileTwisteseejpg Wikimedia Commons

    Twistesee Twistesee bei Bad Arolsen

    References

    Twistesee Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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