📜 The Kružberk Dam, a significant engineering marvel on the Moravice River, was the first valley dam built in the Odra basin.
🔍 It plays a crucial role in water supply for Ostrava, flood protection, and flow regulation, operating in a cascade system with Slezská Harta.
💧 Discover a vital source of drinking water for the Ostrava region
🛡️ Witness a key component of flood protection infrastructure
🏞️ Explore the scenic Moravice River valley
💡 Learn about hydropower generation with its peak power plant
🏗️ Constructed between 1948 and 1955, a concrete gravity dam with a volume of 92,700 m³
📏 Maximum dam height: 34.5 m; Dam length at crest: 280 m
🌊 Total reservoir volume: 35.5 million m³ (comprising 24.6 million m³ for storage, 6.9 million m³ for retention, and 4.0 million m³ permanent volume)
⚡ Features a peak power plant with 7 MW installed capacity and two 100 kW turbines
🐟 Improves flows on Moravice, Opava, and Odra rivers, benefiting aquatic life
🚧 Flood protection reduces a hundred-year flood culmination from 257 m³/s to 50 m³/s
🔬 Equipped with monitoring devices for deformations, drainage, and seepage
🌲 An earth-fill dam on the Lobník tributary captures sediments
🚫 Hygiene protection zones are established to preserve water quality
🚫 Primarily operational infrastructure, not designed for public visitor activities
🚶♀️ No specific visitor information like operating hours or admission fees provided
⚠️ Access might be restricted in certain areas due to its functional nature