# Twistesee

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| image                = Twistetalsperre Bad Arolsen.jpg
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| image_caption        = The Twistesee with its dam and restaurant (above the overflow funnel of the [flood relief](/source/flood_relief) tower) and the village of [Wetterburg](/source/Wetterburg)
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| location             = [Waldeck-Frankenberg](/source/Waldeck-Frankenberg)
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| construction_began   = 1971<ref name="WVB-Diemel_Twistesee">[http://www.wasserverband-diemel.de/projektdetail.php?id=10 Information about the Twistesee] at wasserverband-diemel.de</ref>
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| dam_crosses          = [Twiste](/source/Twiste_(Diemel))
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thumb|290px|Twistesee panorama
The '''Twistesee''' is a [reservoir](/source/reservoir) on the [Twiste](/source/Twiste_(Diemel)) in the county of [Waldeck-Frankenberg](/source/Waldeck-Frankenberg) in [North Hesse](/source/North_Hesse), [Germany](/source/Germany).

== Location ==
The Twistesee is located at the northern end of the [Langer Wald](/source/Langer_Wald) around 30&nbsp;km [as the crow flies](/source/as_the_crow_flies) west-northwest of [Kassel](/source/Kassel) between [Bad Arolsen](/source/Bad_Arolsen) in the west, [Volkmarsen](/source/Volkmarsen) to the northeast and [Wolfhagen](/source/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](/source/Diemel) rivers. Near one riverside village, [Wetterburg](/source/Wetterburg), the [Twiste](/source/Twiste_(Diemel)) was impounded by a [dam](/source/dam) to form a very large [flood retention basin](/source/flood_retention_basin) in order to control the water level.

== Sights ==
Among the sights in the vicinity of the Twistesee are: 
* [Bad Arolsen](/source/Bad_Arolsen), the best known destination near the reservoir.
* [Neu-Berich](/source/Neu-Berich), a village with an interesting past, near the lake.
* [Landau](/source/Landau_(Bad_Arolsen)), somewhat southeast of the reservoir, has an historical old town which is entirely protected, a palace, an historical town church and the [Landauer Wasserkunst](/source/Landauer_Wasserkunst), an historical water supply system. 
* Near [Volkhardinghausen](/source/Volkhardinghausen), not far south of the reservoir, stands the French Oak (''Franzoseneiche'').

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.twistesee.de/ Private website on the Twistesee]

== Literature ==
* Peter Franke, Wolfgang Frey: Talsperren in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. DNK – DVWK 1987, {{ISBN|3-926520-00-0}}

== See also ==
* [List of dams in Germany](/source/List_of_dams_in_Germany)

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Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1981
Category:Reservoirs in Hesse
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Category:Waldeck-Frankenberg

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