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The Kelbra Reservoir is located on the Helme River behind the Kelbra Dam at the northwest foot of the Kyffhäuser Mountains. It extends through the Goldene Aue (Golden Meadows), predominantly in the Mansfeld-Südharz district of Saxony-Anhalt. Small reservoir sections in the southwest and south, located on the border between the Kyffhäuser district and the Nordhausen district, are located in Thuringia. Initially, only a green – i.e., normally dry – flood retention basin was planned for the reservoir. However, a main dam was then built to create a permanent reservoir, and a secondary dam to maintain a basin that would absorb the masses of the Helme River system in the event of flooding. Thus, there are now two adjacent basins, the lower of which, when permanently impounded – i.e., a permanent reservoir – has 12.3 million m³[1] of storage capacity and approximately 6 km²[2] of surface area at a lake level of 155.25 m above sea level. It has a maximum depth of 5.5 m[1] and a length of 3.8 km[3]. The upper basin, which lies west to northwest above the secondary dam and borders the western and northwestern banks as arable land and pasture, is only dammed in the event of flooding. Together, both basins have a storage capacity of 35.6 million m³, of which 23 million m³[1] serve as flood protection. After the test damming, which lasted until 1969[2], the dam was officially put into operation. The reservoir, which is largely used for tourism, offers sailing and windsurfing opportunities, a textile and nudist beach, a campsite, boat rentals, a water slide, and various restaurants and other facilities near the reservoir. Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talsperre_Kelbra

The Kelbra Dam was built together with the retention basin located just upstream (behind the L2079 road). Together, they serve to protect against flooding, while the reservoir is used solely for irrigation, fishing, and recreation. Since 1978, the lake and retention basin have formed the Ramsar Protected Area 176, Helmestausee Berga-Kelbra, covering 14.53 km². It overlaps in the southwest with the combined Natura 2000 area Kyffhäuser – Badraer Schweiz – Solwiesen (ID 4632-302). The reservoir and flood retention basin are jointly and cooperatively managed by the Thuringian Long-Distance Water Supply and the Dam Authority of Saxony-Anhalt. Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talsperre_Kelbra

The Kelbra Dam is located at the northwest end of the Kyffhäuser Mountains, between Auleben in the west, Görsbach in the northwest, and Badra in the southwest (all in Thuringia), as well as Bösenrode in the north, Berga in the northeast, and Kelbra in the east (all in Saxony-Anhalt). It is located in the Goldene Aue (Golden Aue) between Nordhausen (Thuringia) in the west and Sangerhausen (Saxony-Anhalt) in the east. Its dam impounds the water of the Helme River, which flows into the reservoir in the northwest and leaves it in the northeast. Part of the Helme water is artificially diverted to the north (bypass) and channeled into the Thyra, which flows into the Helme shortly thereafter. Approximately 1 km south-southeast of the Helme's outflow, the reservoir is also drained by a brine ditch. Near the southern shore of the reservoir/flood retention basin, at the northern foot of the Kyffhäuser Mountains, is the Numburg Cave. Numburg Cave Source https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talsperre_Kelbra

The Kelbra Dam, behind which lies the Kelbra Reservoir, also known as the Kelbra Flood Retention Basin, is a dam built between 1962 and 1966[1] on the Helme River in Saxony-Anhalt (Mansfeld-Südharz district). Its reservoir/flood retention basin, with smaller parts also located in Thuringia (Nordhausen district and Kyffhäuser district), is approximately 6 km²[2] in size. Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talsperre_Kelbra

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