# List of ponds of the Lower Harz Pond and Ditch System

The ponds of the Lower Harz Pond and Ditch System in Germany consist of around 20 small and larger reservoirs. Most were laid out roughly from the beginning of the 17th century between the Upper Lude, Großer Auerberg, Straßberg, Neudorf and Silberhütte. Several of the pond barrages are classified as dams. The dam of the Gräfiggründer Teich is also the second oldest reservoir in Germany.
The ponds are located in the mining fields of Straßberg, Silberhütte, Birnbaum and Neudorf.

## Table of ponds

| Name | Laid as | Built | Dam length | Mining field | Present usage |
| Gräfiggründer Teich | unknown | 1310 before 1320 | 100 | Straßberg | bathing pool |
| Möllerteich | Kunstteich | 1745 | ca. 80 | Straßberg | hunting (privately owned) |
| Kiliansteich, upper | Kunstteich | 1610 | 110 | Straßberg | drinking water (forebay) |
| Kiliansteich, middle | Kunstteich | 1703 | | Straßberg | flooded |
| Kiliansteich, III | Kunstteich | 1703 | 210 | Straßberg | drinking water |
| Kiliansteich, lower | Kunstteich | 1703 | | Straßberg | flooded |
| Frankenteich | Kunstteich | 1724 | 150 | Straßberg | drinking water |
| Maliniusteich | Kunstteich & Hüttenteich | 1706–1707 | 80 | Straßberg | drinking water ? |
| Die drei Treuen Nachbarn (unknown) | Kunstteich | c. 1704 | | Straßberg | none (silted up) |
| Die drei Treuen Nachbarn (Fauler Pfützenteich) | Kunstteich | 1704 | 240 | Straßberg | fish breeding |
| Die drei Treuen Nachbarn (Treuer Nachbarteich) | Kunstteich | 1703–1704 | 140 | Straßberg | bathing pool, water management |
| Glasebacher Teich | Kunstteich | 1716 | | Straßberg | none (dam broken) |
| Kalbsaugenteich (Kalbesauger Teich?) | Kunstteich | 1779 | | Birnbaum | none (empty) |
| Birnbaumteich | Hüttenteich | 1699 | 144 | Birnbaum | bathing pool |
| Teufelsteich | Kunstteich | 1696–97 | 211 | Silberhütte | drinking water |
| Fürstenteich | Hüttenteich | 1729 | 110 | Silberhütte | water management |
| Silberhütter Pochwerksteich | Hüttenteich | 1779 before 1779 | | Neudorf | none (filled in) |
| Silberhütter sewage farm | sewage farm | 1890 | | Neudorf | none (filled in) |
| Grenzteich | fishpond | before 1721 | | Neudorf | fishpond |
| Neudorfer Gemeindeteich | fishpond | before 1777 | | Neudorf | firefighting reservoir |
| Heller Wasserkunst (Neudorfer 1. kleiner Teich) | Kunstteich | 1860 | | Neudorf | none (heavily silted up) |
| Neudorfer 2. kleiner Teich | Kunstteich | before 1811 | | Neudorf | none (empty) |
| Neudorfer Kunstteich | Kunstteich | 1764 | 145 | Neudorf | sewage farm |
| unknown | Kunstteich | 1764 | 145 | Neudorf | 1st pre-dam Neudorfer Kunstteich |
| unknown | Kunstteich | 1764 | 145 | Neudorf | 2nd pre-dam Neudorfer Kunstteich |
| unknown (am Büschengraben) | | | ca. 40 | Straßberg | unknown |

## Footnotes

* ↑ A Kunstteich was an artificial pond or reservoir used to supply water to the mines.
* ↑ A Hüttenteich was an artificial pond or reservoir used to supply water to a smeltery.

## Sources

* Wilfried Strenz, Historisch-geographische Forschungen in der DDR
* Robert Wouters (Hrsg. Damnbetrieb Sachsen-Anhalt), Damn in Sachsen-Anhalt, ISBN 978-3-89812-677-9
* Wilfried Ließmann: Historischer Bergbau im Harz, ISBN 978-3-540-31328-1