Punching station 53 / Hassel dam

The Hassel reservoir (385 m above sea level) is located between Hasselfelde and Trautenstein.

Just like the Rapp­bode pre-dam below the HWN 52 sup­port­ing cas­tle, the Has­sel pre-dam is a pre-dam of the Rapp­bode dam. The two pre-dams serve to pre-clean the water of debris and tur­bid­i­ty. The water is dammed up in the pre-dams and then flows through the over­flows into the main dam. In this way, the pre-dams also pre­vent the riv­er val­leys from dry­ing out. 

The most con­ve­nient start­ing point for a 6 km hike around the Has­sel reser­voir is the hik­ing park­ing lot below the Hagen­müh­le. The stamp box is locat­ed on the right-hand side of the dam wall.