The ponds of the Lower Harz Pond and Ditch System in Germany consist of around 20 small and larger reservoirs. Most were laid out roughly from the beginning of the 17th century between the Upper Lude, Großer Auerberg, Straßberg, Neudorf and Silberhütte. Several of the pond barrages are classified as dams. The dam of the Gräfiggründer Teich is also the second oldest reservoir in Germany.
The ponds are located in the mining fields of Straßberg, Silberhütte, Birnbaum and Neudorf.
Table of ponds Name Laid as Built Dam length Mining field Present usage Gräfiggründer Teich unknown before 1320 100 Straßberg bathing pool Möllerteich KunstteichA Kunstteich was an artificial pond or reservoir used to supply water to the mines. 1745 ca. 80 Straßberg hunting (privately owned) Kiliansteich, upper Kunstteich 1610 110 Straßberg drinking water (forebay) Kiliansteich, middle Kunstteich 1703 Straßberg flooded Kiliansteich, III Kunstteich 1703 210 Straßberg drinking water Kiliansteich, lower Kunstteich 1703 Straßberg flooded Frankenteich Kunstteich 1724 150 Straßberg drinking water Maliniusteich Kunstteich & HüttenteichA Hüttenteich was an artificial pond or reservoir used to supply water to a smeltery. 1706–1707 80 Straßberg drinking water ? Die drei Treuen Nachbarn (unknown) Kunstteich c. 1704 Straßberg none (silted up) Die drei Treuen Nachbarn (Fauler Pfützenteich) Kunstteich 1704 240 Straßberg fish breeding Die drei Treuen Nachbarn (Treuer Nachbarteich) Kunstteich 1703–1704 140 Straßberg bathing pool, water management Glasebacher Teich Kunstteich 1716 Straßberg none (dam broken) Kalbsaugenteich (Kalbesauger Teich?) Kunstteich 1779 Birnbaum none (empty) Birnbaumteich Hüttenteich 1699 144 Birnbaum bathing pool Teufelsteich Kunstteich 1696–97 211 Silberhütte drinking water Fürstenteich Hüttenteich 1729 110 Silberhütte water management Silberhütter Pochwerksteich Hüttenteich before 1779 Neudorf none (filled in) Silberhütter sewage farm sewage farm 1890 Neudorf none (filled in) Grenzteich fishpond before 1721 Neudorf fishpond Neudorfer Gemeindeteich fishpond before 1777 Neudorf firefighting reservoir Heller Wasserkunst (Neudorfer 1. kleiner Teich) Kunstteich 1860 Neudorf none (heavily silted up) Neudorfer 2. kleiner Teich Kunstteich before 1811 Neudorf none (empty) Neudorfer Kunstteich Kunstteich 1764 145 Neudorf sewage farm unknown Kunstteich 1764 145 Neudorf 1st pre-dam Neudorfer Kunstteich unknown Kunstteich 1764 145 Neudorf 2nd pre-dam Neudorfer Kunstteich unknown (am Büschengraben) ca. 40 Straßberg unknown
Footnotes
Sources Wilfried Strenz, Historisch-geographische Forschungen in der DDR Robert Wouters (Hrsg. Damnbetrieb Sachsen-Anhalt), Damn in Sachsen-Anhalt, Wilfried Ließmann: Historischer Bergbau im Harz,
External links Straßberg harzlife.de harzkaleidoskop.de
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