Leibis-Lichte Dam

Leibis-Lichte Dam
View of dam from the west
Country	Germany Thuringia
Location	Distr. Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, Municip. Unterweissbach, Lichte Valley
Coordinates	50°36′3″N 11°10′24″E / 50.60083°N 11.17333°E / 50.60083; 11.17333
Construction began	2002
Opening date	2005
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Gravity dam
Height	102.5 m (336 ft)
Length	369 m (1,211 ft)
Width (crest)	9 metres (30 ft)
Width (base)	80.6 m (264 ft)
Dam volume	13,500 m³ (480,000 cu ft)
Spillway capacity	86.5 cubic metres per second (3,054.7 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
Creates	5.6 million cubic metres (0.198×10^⁹ cu ft)
Total capacity	32.4 million cubic metres (1.14×10^⁹ cu ft)
Catchment area	72 square kilometres (28 sq mi)
Surface area	122 hectares (301 acres)
Maximum water depth	91 metres (299 ft)
Power Station
Installed capacity	1 megawatt (1,300 hp)

The Leibis-Lichte Dam (German: Talsperre Leibis –Lichte) is a 102.5-metre-tall (336 ft) dam in the German state of Thuringia in the Thuringian Highland. The dam was completed in 2005 to impound the River Lichte, between the Lichte municipality section Geiersthal and Unterweissbach. To that particular storage reservoir belongs the Deesbach Forebay (German: Vorsperre Deesbach). The name of the dam, "Leibis-Lichte Dam" was derived from the close proximity to the municipalities of Leibis and Lichte, as well as from the Lichte River as being the main inlet.

Construction

The Leibis-Lichte Dam was constructed in the time period from 2002 to September 2005.

Inside the formwork, heavy equipment was used to spread and compact the large quantities of concrete.^[1] Mini excavators and graders put nearly 2,000 cubic metres (71,000 cu ft) of concrete each day into the formwork blocks. Giant cable cranes, reaching over the valley, moved the concrete across the site, with the transport containers holding up to 6 cubic metres (212 cu ft) of concrete.^[1]