Hochwasserspeicher Liebenstein, Water reservoir in Plößberg, Germany.
The Liebenstein reservoir encompasses 88 hectares of water surface and contains a storage capacity between 5.3 and 5.8 million cubic meters.
Construction of the Liebenstein flood storage reservoir took place from 1965 to 1968, establishing water control infrastructure in the Tirschenreuth district of Bavaria.
The reservoir forms part of the regional water management heritage, demonstrating German engineering approaches to flood prevention and water resource management.
The facility incorporates a Francis turbine small hydroelectric power station that generates 550,000 kilowatt-hours of electrical energy annually.
The dam structure rises 18 meters above the valley floor with a crown length of 170 meters and contains 120,000 cubic meters of building material.
GPS coordinates: 49.80950,12.33420
Latest update: March 7, 2025 15:32
Wolfenstein
7 km
Große Teufelsküche
4.3 km
Burg Liebenstein
2.6 km
Burgstall Haselstein
6.5 km
Burg Wildenau (Plößberg)
6.6 km
Pfarrkirche Mariä Himmelfahrt Beidl
5.1 km
St. Laurentius (Stein)
1.7 km
Burgstall Lengenfeld
6.4 km
Burgstall Schönficht
5.9 km
Pflegschloss Bärnau
6.9 km
Katholische Pfarrkirche St. Georg
3.3 km
St. Elisabeth
6.6 km
Kapelle St. Thaddäus
3.4 km
Sankt Michael, kath., (Schönkirch)
3.6 km
Sankt Georg, ev.,
3.3 km
Wegkapelle
6.2 km
Stiftlandsäule
6.2 km
Kriegerdenkmal für die Gefallenen von 1914/18
3.7 km
Steinerner Feldaltar zu einem Schauergedenken
5.4 km
Kriegerdenkmal für die Gefallenen des Ersten Weltkriegs
6.9 km
Steinstadel Schönkirch
3.6 km
Steinerner Torbogen
3.5 km
Wohnhaus
7 km
Wohnhaus
7 km
Brücke
4.6 km
Steinerner Feldaltar
6.4 km
Steinerner Feldaltar
5.7 km
Nepomuk Marktplatz Bärnau
6.9 kmReviews
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