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Oker Dam

Oker Dam

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Oker Dam

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Location: Harz Mountains, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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August 12, 2017

Mountain biking

The Okertalsperre was built as a curved weight wall. It is likely to be the only sheet metal wall in Germany. The dam is 260 m long and 75 m high above the foundations. Its 8 m wide crown lies at an altitude of 418.2 m above sea level. NN. At the foot of the dam is 19 m wide. The wall has around 140,000 m³ of concrete volume.

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August 19, 2017

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The Okertalsperre is a dam near Altenau in the Harz in Lower Saxony Goslar and is operated by the Harzwasserwerke. Its reservoir, also known as the Okerstausee, has an area of 2.25 square kilometers (km²) and a storage area of 46.85 million cubic meters (m³) of water through a maximum of 75 meters (m) high and 260 meters long Dammed dam is dammed. The pent-up water drives the turbine of the Romkerhalle hydropower plant.

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de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okertalsperre#cite_note-OtsZahlen-2

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December 27, 2023

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Dam with a 260 meter long and 75 meter high dam wall

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View of the Oker Reservoir – Oker Dam Viewpoint loop from Schulenberg

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Great Treppenstein – Oker Dam Viewpoint loop from Goslar

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View of the Okertal Valley – Oker Dam loop from Okertalsperre

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Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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Elevation 420 m

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Location: Harz Mountains, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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