{"id":16783,"date":"2016-02-18T10:48:09","date_gmt":"2016-02-18T09:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/stamping-points\/overview-map\/stamp-point-62-wendefurth-dam-view-of-the-dam\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T14:42:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T13:42:32","slug":"stamp-point-62-wendefurth-dam-view-of-the-dam","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/stamping-points\/overview-map\/stamp-point-62-wendefurth-dam-view-of-the-dam\/","title":{"rendered":"Stamp point 62 \/ Wendefurth dam (view of the&nbsp;dam)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Wendefurth dam is located between Blankenburg and Hasselfelde above the B&nbsp;81.<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-image alignwide stk-block-image stk-block stk-89e1006\" data-block-id=\"89e1006\"><style>.stk-89e1006 {margin-top:3% !important;margin-bottom:3% !important;}<\/style><figure><span class=\"stk-img-wrapper stk-image--shape-stretch stk--has-lightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2991\" height=\"1685\" src=\"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/HWN-Wendefurth2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Blue lake surrounded by green forests\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/HWN-Wendefurth2.jpg 2991w, https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/HWN-Wendefurth2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/HWN-Wendefurth2-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/HWN-Wendefurth2-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/HWN-Wendefurth2-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/HWN-Wendefurth2-624x352.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2991px) 100vw, 2991px\"><\/span><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<p>The dam is part of the Bodew\u00aderk mul\u00adti\u00adfunc\u00adtion\u00adal facil\u00adi\u00adty. It is used for flood pro\u00adtec\u00adtion, low water ele\u00adva\u00adtion, pow\u00ader gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion and is also the low\u00ader reser\u00advoir for the pumped stor\u00adage&nbsp;plant.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>The upper reser\u00advoir on the Kohlen\u00adberg has a&nbsp;stor\u00adage capac\u00adi\u00adty of 2&nbsp;mil\u00adlion cubic meters. If the pow\u00ader sta\u00adtions have a&nbsp;short\u00adage of elec\u00adtric\u00adi\u00adty, the water from the upper reser\u00advoir is fed to the tur\u00adbines via two 3.4&nbsp;m&nbsp;diam\u00ade\u00adter down\u00adpipes and 80&nbsp;megawatts of elec\u00adtric\u00adi\u00adty can be gen\u00ader\u00adat\u00aded. If, on the oth\u00ader hand, the pow\u00ader sta\u00adtions have a&nbsp;sur\u00adplus, the water is pumped back into the upper&nbsp;basin.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>At the same time, the Wen\u00adde\u00adfurth dam is also used for local recre\u00adation and Harz tourism. The float\u00ading restau\u00adrant \u201cZum Hecht\u201d offers boat hire as well as raft trips with catering.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wendefurther-bootsverleih.de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wen\u00adde\u00adfur\u00adther boat rental&nbsp;\u201d<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Adren\u00ada\u00adline addicts can whizz through the air attached to a&nbsp;dou\u00adble rope at a&nbsp;height of 120&nbsp;meters and a&nbsp;length of 1&nbsp;km on the dam wall or walk down the 43-meter-high dam wall roped&nbsp;up.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/harzdrenalin.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Harz\u00addren\u00ada\u00adlin \u201d<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The park\u00ading lot can be reached direct\u00adly from the B&nbsp;81 through Wen\u00adde\u00adfurth. Cross the dam wall and fol\u00adlow the Harz\u00ader Hex\u00aden\u00adstieg trail to the Talsper\u00adren\u00adblick view\u00adpoint with the stamp box. From here you have an out\u00adstand\u00ading view of the reser\u00advoir and the pumped stor\u00adage&nbsp;plant.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/harzer-bergwald.de\/index.php\/wandertouren\/abenteuertouren\/23-stempelmarathon-ueber-dem-bodetal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tour tip Harz moun\u00adtain forest&nbsp;\u201d<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Wen\u00adde\u00adfurth dam is locat\u00aded between Blanken\u00adburg and Has\u00adselfelde above the B&nbsp;81. The dam is part of the Bodew\u00aderk mul\u00adti\u00adfunc\u00adtion\u00adal facil\u00adi\u00adty. It is used for flood pro\u00adtec\u00adtion, low water ele\u00adva\u00adtion, pow\u00ader gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion and is also the low\u00ader reser\u00advoir for the pumped stor\u00adage&nbsp;plant.&nbsp; The upper reser\u00advoir on the Kohlen\u00adberg has a&nbsp;stor\u00adage capac\u00adi\u00adty of 2&nbsp;mil\u00adlion cubic meters.&nbsp;[\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":12555,"parent":16744,"menu_order":10062,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"hf_cat_page":[120],"class_list":["post-16783","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16783"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17171,"href":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16783\/revisions\/17171"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16744"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"hf_cat_page","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hf_cat_page?post=16783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}