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has been constructed south of it to handle excess water. The last time the dam was overspilled due to high water was in 1994.
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is variously given as 26 m (probably height above valley floor) or 28.4 m (probably
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with integrated concrete inspection walkway. In order to protect the crest from overspill, a
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forests in the area, because spruce trees used to be called
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The name Mandelholz as a place name may be derived from the
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Mandelholz Dam is located in Germany
Germany
Harz
Saxony-Anhalt
51°44′44″N 10°44′11″E / 51.74556°N 10.73639°E / 51.74556; 10.73639
Type of dam
Embankment dam
Kalte Bode
‹See Tfd›
German
Elend
Königshütte
Wernigerode
Harz mountains
Kalte Bode
dam
earth-fill dam
spillway
dam
structural height
Mandelholz
Wormke
spruce

List of dams and reservoirs in Germany
List of dams in the Harz
Talsperrenbetrieb Sachsen-Anhalt
Categories
Dams in Saxony-Anhalt

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