MAN-MADE CHANGES IN TERRAIN FEATURES IN GERMANY

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MAN?MA ~ CH &NO ~ #TU1S,fl4
July ? T)?ao Ar 1eJh9
1. OHM4A C)N 'rp1': ' O T
~~ edexaeQheen
cal ~arQaent tinsnctnl dif' oc~lt~.cto, 1~"nd rocler1 tion
In 6pite a
1'n north eoacoaet wtU aonttnue on a lar? come. in
work on the Gee m
the ~aetern ale, ec~uthweot of Norden, about 1,0(X) hcctaree
tie rQglan of
wtf be drnined by a day' L-,7 O rnoters long. ''tio .LlehtnC
of tIie Leybttaht
(roetetel on thu south bank cat' he Leybucht is one of tho
vllle1,e of
tarr-inal potnts of tit dart. `t1se opposite and 18 cn th north ohoro.
2ushud south from this point. each section has already
rk will be ~.
w~
boon hulIt out 2,00~i Tho final pap of 700 moterc will be
closed by the simmer of 190. work on the dam will be facilitated
by ern methode such ae a "epueler", a combination ship and punp.
The dre dpe up sand from the bottom and piee it on the end
"spu eler a
or t,h. dam so that manual labor is neceesary only for dietributinthe
in . the prof'ie of tho dam. The dari is 6.~ meters co''
sand and shap~'
the be is 3.~ meters wide and tho top meters wide.
9ea lever
rshlanrl is drr,ined, 1,n0 hectares of land wt 11 he made
After the rna
le for thsettlement of 100 now f aiiltes. Plane have been
avatlab
he dr dna ,e of 9,000 hectar~is of new land rxion the Jeclebusi3n.
rnrde for t ~
"l'h;ts work in the Jadehusen termina.t{se the errecttveaess of a law whit,
has existed since 13. This 1~-w prohibited all land reclarati?n work
in the area, to order to protect the approaches to the naval part ct
41he1. nsh fen.
kemir work 1n ~rursten is especially urgent. r.xtenaive work on
1118sa1warder dam near Soithoern is in progress. The dam is not
the
e the sea reached it directly. Here it
protected by a tidal flat herI
1s necessary to construct a breakwater which str tchee X00 meters outs
into the sea, in order to level several. encroachtng channels. Un to
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no'W VjCQC tone of r bb1Q, 1.900 ton$ O' baealt~ aid approXtPMt~1y
a Nuah Qr other s of $tOfA hVf alrea boon ueo t on this roject.
o ~v
o work near otthoern it of na~rtioulnr tm Ortenea to view of the
T1'
that his is theo nt where the nnti extenda'rrthoet oat into
fact
and the drnper thrt it would brook or hr been becoriinc
the eta,
re*ter. This work hra her ender way ninon Mrr?h 19119.
steadtl
Je p noir the olr ?' s~~ion d wtndc Clio and wtndr~ -t re, t'hich hrtV
cudtomnrtl~ boon uad to drain the nrr-vtthlinds bohtnr~ the dtkcei
alnctric jumptnr appnr; tue is btu 1n used rliQre and mar o. In the
tstrattvo dtstrict of uldentnur alor& 17 new el ctrtc hydraulta
~dtntn
rachiries with a puipint' capacity of ovor 1,000 liters *ir sucgnd,
have boon set uf- sine t,o lsst war.
~chleswi -holstein
(a) Wow i kee
T! a rtilatively limited means of the orra have permtttect to date
only maintenance work, neplort?'d durinr the wnr years, althoirP.h there
ar alto rethor sorie ,(')("D hectares of dtkod lartd, especi:P1'iy a~onr the
n
. ~-
Hindenbur , dike nnci on the Hnmh?rr Hnili.' (jsinnd ). I'rotectton of
cQAStal nreas, rcnni r of die, rr-rtov1 of debris cast u:. by storms,
containmcnnt of the tidal sure, etc., is under aan~, rye and down tho
entire west cost of the lrnd?
?artic'fMr1 worthy of mention here is tho maintenr+fce work ~n the
fan erect section of he sea dike near LaCebueU, and work on the ?ott-
anc
schlottax sea dike. Construction of a broak-water has boon under way
Y
( ,dt )
since 1949 near Vollarwiek de.rst
U kilometers west of Toenning. The dike has been endangered by a
tidal current. The conr~truction of a long stone embankment serves as
protection for the Weeselburen polder-land. Conditions are particularly
difficult on the western side of Sylt, between Westerland and Wennin--
steclt. The steel?reinforced wa11 built after the First World war has
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to he ooatit hoe been extonstvo. Repair work on
tallQn, and dame~c
tho ?Arpendioo~er a-w4 in Wester1 Md hiss been opted. etore
se.
en~ton of tt-ir wa1) wee butlt of baalt b31oalts,
the war ~ sl.antinP oxt
eutrft a to proteot the dunes and the c1tft *di.
bithwnrt of puaren) lend deposite rtmtlr to than
of I-e?hcrnich srn h,o1n o14fQd un. At rredent, ~bo~t LoO tors or I~d-
''f~,r .t, s!t!' 1t: F Mca' .(..}
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t= e+~rt nV, roar u b1 w dnnd .
Paden
'?he pinnt of ~ - C tAvt i in_I rir end tailwoy eoiM ny in dlurlrber ,
Kreiswhich dur~ n thu war proceasod vtinafiur+i from the
ore minF~d by thu I cat re a AG., hae boon di~-n ar~tiud.
(ltriafy has beers
furbiddon by tie !=otsda-m A ;r utnerit to produca vanadium. 'l,hu buildinca
st.i li: stand, and so thane is a posbil)ilitb of pt~vC~ try other indus-
tries, which would providu work for the numerous untimployed. A new
plant is exnor{ i:llntif! with a new process for improved exploitation
of 1umbarC 'iron ore, if thi.a new process rvove:- prori.te.ble, the
Karlsruhe ore will be smeited in a nnw binst furnace which will be
b1,iit.
It has been known for sovernl d.ecndas that in the mnrbie deposits
of the KM.serst,tih1 there nr~ deposits of ni..ohiurm, t~ metal vaod in
processing' steel. Just since 1959 the I( Fnrben Comm?n t in Oppnu
mined end processed between O,f()O and 90,000 tons of this ko;pite
marble. Now e. new comp ny, the Keis rstuhi Niobium tli.ntn GrnbH., has
been set up in partnership with A French firm, with 10 pcrcernt perticipe.
tion by the be.den government. iubiurn has recuntly been uti1ixed ae
an a11Oy metal i:n the construction of radar and raci.o equipment.
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Iv, uT AtsP J4~TI
1(hein1an4?Pra1e
.w,....
In Kreie Lawn sn atter~pt will Uu vu to ue~r loyal depubite at
volcanta tufa to #o1uoa a light builuln atone of lar to w of tone.
6. CHM4c4 IN -L -CTttlC 'O k-h 4D ATt bUP LY
1, ?owor tlante
(e) ?:Q!trio_Ppwer Plant
in tho oxnans f On o1 t fwt rt c rower nc tlitt ~s iho gout ern rort one,
wtthR that:r oxtensive wit?r nowor reronrr?, cocury ftret r1RcA.
?nvnri n
in ndditiof to the cUw rnion cf tho ~~tssbsch into Lnko ~velchen,
(Brie saotion 2), work en whtc'h was strrt'c in 191c7 nrtd is now corm letod,
a nn'imhor of Fairly l:rfe r~owr,lnts are under contr-.ict.on nt present.
()niy the 1nrrst !ewer pints nrv renticnecl here; The Lperber and
Lpfach underwnter power r-lants were complotcd in 19L9. They are
located on the Lech hive' between ychongau and Lanclsber in couth
Uavarie. 1'he twn calants to,ether have a joint capacity of x3,900
kt1c-wat,ts and produco 61. . r i iiun kilowatt hours annually. Another
plant, wi it shortly be completed near 'ineterau. it has a capacity
of 7200 kilowatts, and 411 produce 35 million kilowatt hours annually.
Constructt.on of the 11 au power r~lant 9 kilometers south of the
ronilfjence of the tech and the Danube his teen hewn (cnn~-ctty 92O
kilowatts).
In the TsAr region, the d1.vers3.on of the 1 c~f,bPeh into i,Ake
Walchen, nor cornoleted, will 1 ncrc~s? the e c1 ty of the poser
p1 nt there, becel,se the water of the R1 ssbech will increase the supply
of water avei table. On a yearly avcrage, 90 million more kilowatt
hours of current will bo available for peak consumption (an intreaee
of ~O percent in total antral capacity). The waters oi' the hissbach
will also enable the Ni.edernach power plant and other punts downstream
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to i nesiate 20 r ift on additionnl kilowatt hours.
The inetnlled capacity oi' the now power plant at the Lehtn er
dm on the Isar belowoeebur wiil be 16,UU kilowatts , and tho
annual output wt,U bs U million kilowatt huure. The tilant is
deeirnQd to provide additional eloctrio power for unioh. The plant
ie looatod cioao to .tt,e through rond from 14unie to Landohut, end
this obiioe the operating corporation to dovotn sooctni care to the
appoarance of the nit. The Altheim rnd Nieclerotchbsch power nlnnts
on the lowor :Isar bc1ow Landnhut are} stt11 ender oonstv'i~ction, f)non
their cc?r+n1c~tion, thoy wi fl - o blo to rocjuco 1 ~ try kiiowr~tt ho++rs
otntly. They wif he rble to sunnly 1cf~ million kilowatt hcurs of
current annually; the it Prc1'1ii ioe will h tad for s~-nply of c~1cctrtc
current to the 'titiltc thro':trh t,hn;nvrri Ari Gttlittos AO,
The t~cuortIedenscltcld r c! ''fl ci~n, up ~2 mtf ion ct-bic mct,ers of aster.
rivestirnttn hPs ieri,r n#nrted to rlehr'mine tho nt coty ror canrtrt;cttnr
r# new d,im on Uiiti Fier bct'woen ~ttn&~rn nrzd Ulpe.
Thuerl r erI
to he rc 'iort t f tho um thern Uarr., rr-cunt gins an ambitious pra jcct
hFt been c,tR,rt~ d with the ~:~on~trur~~t ar ri cf the f?Lrst dnr. . To 1 rcbntacli
river, which ro uiar1y inunda.tt~a tar c areas of the (a 1.ioii Aue, well
be dammed up nt- lbtr ~ in H basin capable of hcld n 1.3 tuillton cubic
meters cf water. For this purposa the i~r~bsba.ch must be diverted
Al ca t" MQ rneters through an under round bed. (6 acldittanal darns are
planned for the southern eOro of the farrerion).
Sachsen
In the ranSnm minim; region in the upper ~r7Leh rp'e there have
been difNeulti es w~ th the w rber supriy, which its t;rat-tr1ed by two
clams. Nenr Cran7h1 or the viper cnvrse of thr "schopnu, n darn Is
being built to suonly the pren of the town or Anri ber' w1 h water. The
dim is X29 nleter$ inn nrlf' 37 riietri.ns h3. h . ~hori 1t is com feted ..t
the cind of i9O, it wUl he n.b1e to store 2 million cubic meters, and
to deli er' liters per second. k second dim is under construction
near os&-. on the tockau (a tributary in the Zwickau Valley), It will
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roUeve the pct,' e ` a ~ ~ o neober area at a water shortage
ooncrate-r 4i torood atone wa11 Will darn he valloy here, lta
t~'
bQ as La11OWa I bA rtere Iih, 2()() li-QtQr6 tar, and
dtc'enstane wt11
h metera thtak at the vaee, The resevoir will u 1t b u-3111on cubic
meters of water,
ill, TA~~ll~lN a'~
(a) htch Tins ton Lirteo 1
Davarta
To eaua1t~e the pnak bade over nomnarat t,vely great distances,
there has been d to he oxtsnntve net of high-tens l on Unee runntn
between northwr~at Cer~nnny, pnvnr1n, not contral Oerm nyy r+ no 220-kv
i,ne tjnt-rnon 1avnra and west OnrMnny. The Sinn rnns rrom thn trere-
,
iorrner pTnt nt L~iderohe~m near Altdorf I:n the vicintty of Nuernber,
which was bi~tlt ?in the years 1939-l91s1~ /outhw?rd past Nw rnber
an3 thi'c-ugh bt+ tgorwnln end eeart to AschnffcM ur . From there it
runs to the Kalsterbeeh transformer plrmt near Frankr'2rt, where it
connects with the network o1 he k~ein--yo ~t:'alen electric power ? plant
and with the 1O()-kv line to kicrken (distrtct of Kassel). This line
was be~!un in Qarly 19li8, and put in operation on 1 becember 1949 key
the }3averian plant (tie Bavarian Electric Power Stt7p1y Company). The
new ire serves to carry the coal-produced current to the south in
the winter months; in the warmer months it carried the water-produced
ctyrrent to the north. The high-tension 11e replaces the power
conneetton between to upper pavarten water power plants and the brown
coai rower p1.nts 9n the areas of Halle and r~erseber,which was
broken bw? the 7onp1 boundnrtes. The new line 1_s 197 k~ilometer9 ton,
and ha.s 7L2 high-tenw1on poles. ~n aium~num-steel cable 'i th a cross-
section measuring I~5O gquAre militmeters we s used for the 19.ne. The
so-called "long rod" insulators, produced by the Siemens company, were
used for the N.rst time in this project.
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Thu rouowin inyartant new htg~-ton ion linen err botnp butitc
1, 4 now 110-kv oolluotinj lino tr b tn~r built in the !Fain valley
to elf min to the bottlc+neok in eodirw the output of thu Z Fain power
plants between LunfurL and Aoohaff enburC into the 110-kv network o
the 1avarian Uttlitios oompany, ` ho 1o.J4-ki1on1eter-1onC 11th-kv;line
between Lun Curt and dreitonbrunn was completed in 1'r1L 7.
The ruoonatruotton of tlw 111-kv double ilnu between Aaohaffenbur8
and K1tnenberd was begin in July 19LP, and the ftrst strand was
completed in May 1919. Construot.ion of n new double line (110 kv)
from Crroesh(ubnch to Froudenber~ was bovun on 1 CIay 19L9.
2. Construction or s new 110/20 k'l tranarormer plant et Pi,rach
by the Bavarian Utiliti ue Company end o.f a lOfl-k,' connecti np' line to
the Lnndshnt-Toepinp line, The project will serve r+a r basis off' rower
suppiy for sorttheo$t h varl s. It wi,.1 ru rintee the ei~ p1y of currant,
and will imnrovc thv rndntonrncc or the voltnre on the rtedtum-voitere
nets of this recion.
3? Construction of a 110-kV trsmmnisston 1r e between losenheim
end Luidshut for the German bundesbahn (railroad). 11his line will
sa rve the followinpurpoees z it will complete the ring of the lines
rron the Lake nr+lchen power plant which feed into he electric power
line of the railway; it will shorten the line over which power is
obtained from Austria, and thus diminish the amount of power lost in
trgnsit; it wild provide a new power line for the transmission of
electric power from the Penzberg railway power plant to relieve the
overloaded line between Kochel (Le.ke Walchen power r1lant) and Pasi.ng.
This ft~ inrtu.urtttkn line, begin to 191, is now an under
construction.
1. Construction of a new 114-k'1 current trgnc~rnisai.on line for the
Cerrna,n E3undesbahn between Surheim and theealach power plant. Because
of the proprt ssive drying up of Lake Sa.ala.ch, the supply of electric
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ourrarnt for the rni1road in the fl tohenIia11 radon tine to bo ougple?
rented evon in the winterttme, and eo th -iea1sch rower ~a1~nt sill
be linkart to the eners1 rah lway network, The new line rune frorn
the 110-kV Traunetein-stoinaaort roi1wey por~er 1ie to the uaa1at h
power plant.
~r, uortt~e bar ~?baden
A 11-)?kV line wf be built from he etenm power plant at kLerbach
to the traneforu~er plant it endlin en.
(b) sae 11,pie Lines
Long-distance t!fla pipe linee cave the coat of conatructinp
addl tional raaworka. The raa ptpe line built in Q 3P fr?r~ the Rhr
ret'i on tc south c orr~Arny a bei nr euppl emented at r? sent his the
actditon of new comr~regsors in the comrarossor station in =tiederachelden
In the ierer1and. The is pipe lane runs as f r ns OiirmatAdt. In
1914A, 167.2 million cubic nietera of is wore nt~moed t.hrou h it.
13avaria
...........
~irico Novomber i9!9, the town of Nelwisrkt in uberpf i1z his been
supnl:led with has from the Nuernborg gasworks through a 35-kilometer
pipe line. The line vans t)irough 1`eucht near Nuernborg along the
NuernberS-rtegensburg Highway.
As far as Feucht the line has a capacity of about 10 million cubic
meters per year; at Neumarkt its capacity is about 3-1t million per year.
Iv. WAT PIP1 LIN S
uerttember-Baden
The laying of a second conduit on the Herbrechtlinren?Keidenheim
water supply line has been under way for some time. This improvement
is esential for the aesl~rance of an adequate water supply for central
'mtuerttember.
NiederaachAen
A new group water supply project has been ~e;un in order to improve
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the water supsy can tho north s o of the wosor obtrro. It wt ~
towns e1 Duookot*-ri!, T4sd F41sen j t'rcl the net ibortnr a
su~p,,y the
with water.
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