| Oderteich | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Country | Germany |
| Location | Lower Saxony |
| Coordinates | 51°46′06″N 10°32′18″E / 51.76833°N 10.53833°E |
| Construction began | 1715 |
| Opening date | 1722 |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Height | 22 m |
| Length | 153 m |
| Width (crest) | 16.1 m |
| Dam volume | 42,000 m3 |
| Spillway capacity | 1.83 million m3 |
| Reservoir | |
| Catchment area | 12.2 km2 |
| Surface area | 30 ha |
The Oderteich is an historic reservoir about seven kilometres northeast of Sankt Andreasberg in the Upper Harz in central Germany. It was built by miners from St. Andreasberg in the years 1715 to 1722 and, today, is an important component of the water supply network known as the Upper Harz Water Regale (Oberharzer Wasserregal). Moreover, for 170 years, from the time it was completed to the end of the 19th century, the Oderteich had the largest dam in Germany.[1][2] The dam lies at a height of 725 m above NN by the B 242 federal highway, about a kilometre west of its intersection with the B 4.
- ^ Schmidt, Martin; Teicke, Justus (August 2005). "Das Kulturdenkmal Oberharzer Wasserregal" (PDF) (in German). Clausthal-Zellerfeld: Harzwasserwerke. p. 16 and fig. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 April 2009.
- ^ Der Oderteich at www.harzlife.de. Accessed on 16 Nov 09.