The best gravel rides around Dam Klingenberg

Small fine animal park https://www.tierpark-hoeckendorf.de/unser-tierpark

In the years 1910/11 it was built as a wooden bridge, hence the name, and allowed the works railway on its 3.7 km journey between the station and the dam construction to cross the "Langen Grund". The demolition of the wooden bridge and new construction in reinforced concrete took place in 1924 as the works railway line was used for the road layout. The bridge was technically checked and completely overhauled in 1992.

The city of Dresden was supplied with drinking water from the new pre-dam, completed in 2008, during the construction period. It comes through the new tunnel, over three kilometers long, which was built into the rock from the pre-dam to the foot of the dam. After the main dam was repaired, this diversion tunnel serves as an additional flood relief tunnel. The main dam received a control gallery during the renovation, which was blasted into the wall lengthwise when the reservoir was full. A new bottom outlet tunnel was also built. The capacity has approximately doubled due to the renovation. For some years now, a new raw water diversion system of the Freiberg regional water treatment plant has been channeling water from the Rauschenbach dams or, additionally, directly from the Lichtenberg water into the pre-dam of the dam. Swimming is not allowed, as in all drinking water dams, but access to the shore is possible without problems at various points along the circular path.

The dam of the Klingenberg reservoir is an arched gravity dam made of rubble masonry according to the Intze principle. Remarkable about this listed dam is the striking crown structure in the middle. A public path leads across the dam. The reservoir has a pre-dam, whose closing structure is an earth dam, and two forebays. The Lehnmühle reservoir is also part of the system, which had the function of a pre-dam until its construction and is today primarily a controlled part of the drinking water supply and flood defense. The raw water is diverted to the Dresden-Coschütz waterworks via the Dorfhain and Tharandt hydroelectric power plants. At the foot of the dam are the waterworks and the Klingenberg hydroelectric power plant. The flood of the Wilde Weißeritz in 2002 caused damage (scouring), especially at the dam's spillway and the 150 m long cascade flood relief with its seven drop stages. It was only designed for a maximum flood of 86 cubic meters per second, but there were peak discharges of 160 m³/s.

Only KNOX is smoked here. Nothing else goes into the Rachermännel. Always worth a visit, especially beautiful at Christmas time, but also very crowded. It's also nice there on the Day of Handicrafts in September.

The Aurora Erbstolln is an ideal hiking destination. Opening hours: April-October, every Saturday from 10:00 AM to 2:30 PM. Guided tour: Underground with helmet and lamp, duration approx. 35 to 60 minutes. Admission: Adults €4.50, children from 6 years €3.50. Special feature: Only walkable silver mine on the Silberstraße between Freiberg and Dresden.

The dam was built from 1908 onwards near Klingenberg in the foothills of the Ore Mountains, based on an architectural design by Hans Poelzig. In 1914, the dam went into operation and was named after the last Saxon king: Friedrich-August-Talsperre. The impounded body of water is the Wilde Weißeritz. Its construction was part of a flood protection concept that was developed after the devastating flood of 1897 by the district administration of Dresden-Altstadt under the leadership of District Administrator and Dam Commissioner Arnold Streit. During construction, a standard-gauge industrial railway was built from Klingenberg-Colmnitz station to the construction site, which operated from 1911 to 1914. The Höhenweg trail now runs along its route over the Streichholzbrücke bridge. (Wikipedia)

This is not the view of the Lichtenberg dam, but of the Klingenberg dam.