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After 1945 built dams - Germany / German Democratic Republic 1968 - 10 Pfennig

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After 1945 built dams - Germany / German Democratic Republic 1968 - 10 Pfennig


Theme: Architecture
CountryGermany / German Democratic Republic
Issue Date1968
Face Value10.00 
Colormulti-colored
PerforationK 13:12 1/2
Printing Typeoffset
Stamp TypePostage stamp
Item TypeStamp
Chronological Issue Number1143
Chronological ChapterGER-DDR
SID729992
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Dams in the GDR, built after 1945 The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of the German Democratic Republic publishes four multicolored special postage stamps depicting dams built in the GDR after 1945. Dams in the GDR 10 Pfennig value: dam Pöhl The dam Pöhl is in the district of Plauen in Voigtland and dams the shoot, a right tributary of the White Elster, about 1.5 km from its mouth. Commissioning: 1964 It essentially serves the following purposes: - flood protection, - low water elevation of the White Elster and supplies with a 1,000 HP Francisspiralturbine in the public supply network, - discharge of industrial water for the industry. The weight accumulator in concrete, with a height of 57 m above the bottom of the valley and 312 m crown length, dams up 63.7 million cubic meters of water. The flood relief system is designed in the form of a ski jump over the power and slide house. About the blocking body leads a road that was executed with rounding curves and Kurvenüberhöhungen. These structural measures are a peculiarity of the dam Pöhl, which expresses the special beauty of the water management measure with the good integration of the Kunstbaues in the Diabasregion. With its sunbathing lawns, tent and boat piers, the Pöhl dam has become an important recreational area of ​​the Karl-Marx-Stadt industrial district due to the visit of thousands of working people.

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Dams in the GDR, built after 1945 The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of the German Democratic Republic publishes four multicolored special postage stamps depicting dams built in the GDR after 1945. Dams in the GDR 10 Pfennig value: dam Pöhl The dam Pöhl is in the district of Plauen in Voigtland and dams the shoot, a right tributary of the White Elster, about 1.5 km from its mouth. Commissioning: 1964 It essentially serves the following purposes: - flood protection, - low water elevation of the White Elster and supplies with a 1,000 HP Francisspiralturbine in the public supply network, - discharge of industrial water for the industry. The weight accumulator in concrete, with a height of 57 m above the bottom of the valley and 312 m crown length, dams up 63.7 million cubic meters of water. The flood relief system is designed in the form of a ski jump over the power and slide house. About the blocking body leads a road that was executed with rounding curves and Kurvenüberhöhungen. These structural measures are a peculiarity of the dam Pöhl, which expresses the special beauty of the water management measure with the good integration of the Kunstbaues in the Diabasregion. With its sunbathing lawns, tent and boat piers, the Pöhl dam has become an important recreational area of ​​the Karl-Marx-Stadt industrial district due to the visit of thousands of working people..