Talsperre Wippra

Sangerhausen, Germany, Germany

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Talsperre Wippra, also known as Wippertalsperre, is a dam on the Wipper River near Wippra, a district of Sangerhausen in Saxony-Anhalt's Mansfeld-Südharz region, Germany.

Built from 1951 to 1952 as a preliminary dam to supply industrial water to Mansfeld and Hettstedt copper plants, a larger main dam was never constructed, leaving its 126-meter-long, 18-meter-high concrete gravity dam as the Wipper's only such structure.

With a reservoir holding up to 2 million cubic meters across 0.32 square kilometers, it supports low-water augmentation, flood protection, fishing, recreation, and small-scale hydroelectric power via a Francis turbine. Situated in the Unterharz outside Harz Nature Park, it draws visitors for hiking, boating, and scenic views amid the forested Wippertal valley.