Schwarzenbach Dam | |
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Country | Germany |
Coordinates | 48°39′17″N 8°19′46″E / 48.65472°N 8.32944°E |
Purpose | Power |
Status | Operational |
Construction began | 1922 |
Opening date | 1926 |
Dam and spillways | |
Type of dam | Gravity |
Height | 65 m (213 ft) |
Length | 400 m (1,300 ft) |
Reservoir | |
Total capacity | 14.4×10 6 m3 (11,700 acre⋅ft) |
The Schwarzenbach Dam (German: Schwarzenbachtalsperre) is a gravity dam near Forbach in the Northern Black Forest of Germany. It is the most important structure of the Rudolf-Fettweis-Werk's pumped storage power station. The operator of the dam, which was completed in 1926 in a side valley of the Murg valley, is EnBW Kraftwerke.