User:Bermicourt/Sandbox/List of dams and reservoirs in Germany

This list of dams and reservoirs in Germany shows a selection of dams and pre-dams, reservoirs, retention basins and flood retention basins in Germany.

The number of dams in Germany is a question of definition. Precisely what a dam is, is governed by the water acts of the federal states. A special case is the Eder and Diemel Dam, which is the only German dam owned and operated by the Federal Water and Navigation Authority (Wasser- und Schifffahrtsverwaltung des Bundes). In the register of the ICOLD (International Commission for Large Dams) about 311 German dams are listed that fulfil the ICOLD criteria for large dams; there are considerably more smaller ones. As a result this is only an incomplete, alphabetical list, from which the area and volume of reservoir can be seen.

Dams and reservoirs in overview
The table is initially presented in alphabetical order by name, but is sortable by clicking on the symbols at the head of each column. Further explanation and a key to understanding the table is given below.

Explanation
The following is an explanation of the individual columns in the table (for the abbreviations used in the table see the section below): Number of years from the start of construction to completion Remark: These dates vary in the literature, because the dates of well known fixed points such as the start of planning, the ground-breaking ceremony, date of entering service, date of completion or official opening are frequently not exactly known. The German federal state(s) or Bundesland/Bundesländer in which the waterbody lies (Größte) Höhe des Absperrbauwerks über Gründungssohle (GrüSo; wenn bekannt, sonst Gewässer- oder Talsohle) in Metern (m). The fettgedruckte Wert kennzeichnet the höchste Absperrbauwerk in Germany. Anmerkung: The Angabe der Kronenhöhe schwankt in der Literatur stark, weil Autoren the Bezugspunkt ihrer Höhenangabe selten nennen. Länge des Absperrbauwerks in Metern (m). The fettgedruckte Wert kennzeichnet the längste Kronenlänge in Germany. Name of the structure The various uses which the dam and reservoir serve is sorted alphabetically and placed in brackets if it is of secondary importance. Wasseroberfläche bei Vollstau in Quadratkilometern (km²). The fettgedruckte Wert kennzeichnet the flächenmäßig größten Reservoir in Germany. Vollstau-Stauraum (auch Normal-Stauraum genannt; nicht zu verwechseln mit dem Gesamtstauraum, der in Einzelfällen genannt ist, wenn der Vollstau-Stauraum unbekannt bzw. noch nicht recherchiert ist) in Millionen Kubikmetern (Mio. m³). The fettgedruckte Wert kennzeichnet the volumenmäßig größten Reservoir in Germany. Anmerkung: The Vollstau-Stauraum ist der Stauraum bei Erreichen des Niveaus der Hochwasserentlastungsanlage and der Gesamtstauraum ist jener bei extremen Hochwasser, wenn the dam sehr stark überläuft.
 * Period of construction:
 * Federal state(s):
 * River or stream (sometimes only a dry valley name is given): impounded, fed into or (in the case of an upper basin) pumped Haupt-(fließ-)gewässer, the the Reservoir, the Stau Basin oder the flood retention basin bildet
 * Crest height:
 * Crest length:
 * Name:
 * Usage:
 * Reservoir area:
 * Stauseevolumen:

Abbreviations
Abbreviations used in the table: