Twistesee

The Twistesee is a reservoir on the Twiste in the county of Waldeck-Frankenberg in North Hesse, Germany.

The Twistesee with its dam and restaurant (above the overflow funnel of the flood relief tower) and the village of Wetterburg
Location	Waldeck-Frankenberg
Coordinates	51°23′02″N 09°03′45″E
Construction began	1971[1]
Opening date	1981[1]
Dam and spillways
Impounds	Twiste
Height (foundation)	23.5 m (77.1 ft)
Height (thalweg)	21.5 m (70.5 ft)
Length	275 m (902 ft)
Elevation at crest	216.5 m (710.3 ft)
Width (crest)	6 m (20 ft)
Width (base)	135 m (443 ft)
Reservoir
Total capacity	430,000 m3 (15,000,000 cu ft)
Active capacity	9,100,000 m3 (320,000,000 cu ft) [1]
Catchment area	125.1 km²
Surface area	76 ha (0.76 km²)[1]
Maximum length	2.75 km
Maximum width	ca. 300 m

Twistesee panorama

Location

The Twistesee is located at the northern end of the Langer Wald around 30 km as the crow flies west-northwest of Kassel between Bad Arolsen in the west, Volkmarsen to the northeast and Wolfhagen to the southeast. The reason for its construction was the so-called Henry Flood (Heinrichsflut) on 16/17 July 1965 that caused serious damage and destruction in the catchment areas of the Twiste and Diemel rivers. Near one riverside village, Wetterburg, the Twiste was impounded by a dam to form a very large flood retention basin in order to control the water level.

Sights

Among the sights in the vicinity of the Twistesee are:

• Bad Arolsen, the best known destination near the reservoir.
• Neu-Berich, a village with an interesting past, near the lake.
• Landau, somewhat southeast of the reservoir, has an historical old town which is entirely protected, a palace, an historical town church and the Landauer Wasserkunst, an historical water supply system.
• Near Volkhardinghausen, not far south of the reservoir, stands the French Oak (Franzoseneiche).