To harness the hydropower of the Selbitz in the Franconian Höllental, a steep gradient is required.

To harness the hydropower of the Selbitz in the Franconian Höllental, a steep gradient is required. The valley of the small river does not provide this. Therefore, almost 2 kilometers before the power plant, the water is dammed at a weir and channeled through pipes to the power plant. There it is temporarily stored in a water tower and then fed to the turbine from a height of just over 30 meters.

Behind the building at the weir runs the route of the former Höllental railway.
13.08.2012

Ivonne Pitzius 07.12.2012, 748 Views, 0 Comments * automatically translated