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Nagold Dam

German dam

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionJul 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ1603051 ↗
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The Nagold Dam (German: Nagoldtalsperre, also Erzgrube) is a dam in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It was built between 1965 and 1970, and provides flood and drought protection in the Nagold valley. The dam lies within the county of Freudenstadt and was taken into service in 1971, and the nearest settlement is Seewald-Erzgrube.

Leisure

Its location in the middle of a 650 hectare protected area in the Black Forest makes the impounded Nagold Reservoir a popular recreation area. From 1 April to 30 September, sailing is permitted on the lake. The dam has a pre-dam about 800 metres above the head of the reservoir.

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See also

List of dams in Germany

Literature

Peter Franke, Wolfgang Frey: Talsperren in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, DNK – DVWK 1987, ISBN 3-926520-00-0.

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Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1965, 1970, 1971, 1987—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Nagold and German can be independently traced.
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This entry incorporates text from “Nagold Dam” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.