Cranzahl Dam, Ore Mountains/Vogtland Nature Park

Name: Cranzahl Dam
Address: Ore Mountains/Vogtland Nature Park, Germany

#7 among attractions in Ore Mountains/Vogtland Nature Park

Nature, Lake, Natural attraction, Top attraction

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Cranzahl Dam is a dam in the Free State of Saxony in East Germany. It was built from 1949 to 1952 near Sehmatal–Cranzahl and the Bärenstein mountain in the Ore Mountains to supply drinking water to Annaberg-Buchholz and the surrounding area. Together with the Sosa Dam it was one of the two biggest dam construction projects of the newly created GDR. In keeping with the time it was called the Dam of Friendship. ()

Local name: Talsperre Cranzahl Length: 1404 ftHeight: 118 ftReservoir area: 86.49 acres (0.1351 mi²)Elevation: 2339 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 50°30'5"N, 13°0'13"E

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Cranzahl Dam – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Frohnauer Hammer, Fichtelberg, Erzgebirgsmuseum, St. Annenkirche.

5.6 miN
Museum, History museum
Frohnauer Hammer, Annaberg-Buchholz
142 min walk • The Frohnauer Hammer is an historic hammer mill in Frohnau, a village in the municipality of Annaberg-Buchholz in the Ore Mountains of southeast Germany. The mill is an important witness to proto-industrial development in the Ore Mountains.
5.5 miS
Double-peaked mountain with skiing
Fichtelberg, Oberwiesenthal
141 min walk • The Fichtelberg is a mountain with two main peaks in the middle of the Ore Mountains in the east German state of Saxony, near the Czech border.
5.3 miN
Museum, Natural history museum, Science museum
Erzgebirgsmuseum, Annaberg-Buchholz
136 min walk • The Ore Mountain Museum is a museum in Annaberg-Buchholz in the German state of Saxony and located in the Ore Mountains of Central Europe.
5.3 miN
Church, Gothic architecture
St. Annenkirche, Annaberg-Buchholz
136 min walk • St. Anne's Church in Annaberg-Buchholz, German Free State of Saxony, is a hall church whose architectural style is on the boundary between the Late Gothic and Renaissance. With a length of 65 metres and width of 40 metres, it is the largest, true hall church of the Late Gothic in Saxony.
4.3 miNW
Mountain with basalt columns
Scheibenberg, Ore Mountains/Vogtland Nature Park
110 min walk • Scheibenberg is a mountain of Saxony, southeastern Germany.
0.8 miNE
Natural attraction, Mountain
Bärenstein, Bärenstein
21 min walk • Bärenstein is a mountain of Saxony, southeastern Germany.
5.1 miN
Alpine peak with a summit ski resort
Pöhlberg, Annaberg-Buchholz
131 min walk • Pöhlberg is a mountain of Saxony, southeastern Germany.
5.4 miSW
Aerial tramway
Fichtelberg Cable Car
139 min walk • The Fichtelberg Cable Car is a German cable car in the Ore Mountains in Saxony that runs from the town of Oberwiesenthal to the Fichtelberg mountain top.
5.4 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Taufichtig, Ore Mountains/Vogtland Nature Park
137 min walk • The Taufichtig is a 1,001-metre-high peak northwest of the Fichtelberg massif in the upper Ore Mountains in Germany.
5.6 miN
Village, Neighbourhood
Frohnau, Annaberg-Buchholz
142 min walk • Frohnau is a village in the Saxon town of Annaberg-Buchholz in the district of Erzgebirgskreis in southeast Germany. The discovery of silver on the Schreckenberg led in 1496 to the foundation of the neighbouring mining town of Annaberg.
6.5 miNE
Mountain
Fuchshöhe, Ore Mountains/Vogtland Nature Park
166 min walk • Fuchshöhe is a mountain of Saxony, southeastern Germany.