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The Upper Harz Water Regale ((ドイツ語:Oberharzer Wasserregal)) is a system of dams, reservoirs, ditches and other structures, much of which was built from the 16th to 19th centuries to divert and store the water that drove the water wheels of the mines in the Upper Harz region of Germany. The term ''regale'', here, refers to the granting of royal privileges or rights〔Langenscheidt's ''Muret-Sanders'' German-English dictionary (Berlin, 2004) gives one translation of the German word ''Regal'' as "regale", a legal and historical term.〕 (''droit de régale'') in this case to permit the use of water for mining operations in the Harz mountains of Germany. The Upper Harz Water Regale is one of the largest and most important historic mining water management systems in the world.〔 The facilities developed for the generation of water power have been placed under protection since 1978 as cultural monuments.〔 The majority are still used, albeit nowadays their purpose is primarily to support rural conservation (the preservation of a historic cultural landscape), nature conservation, tourism and swimming. From a water management perspective, several of the reservoirs still play a role in flood protection and the supply of drinking water. On 31 July 2010 the Regale was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site affiliated with the Mines of Rammelsberg and the Historic Town of Goslar.〔(''Oberharzer Wasserregal'' zum Weltkulturerbe ernannt ) tagesschau.de, accessed on 1 August 2010〕 The water system covers an area of roughly within the Lower Saxon part of the Harz, the majority of structures being found in the vicinity of Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Hahnenklee, Sankt Andreasberg, Buntenbock, Wildemann, Lautenthal, Schulenberg, Altenau and Torfhaus. == The Water Regale == Regale in this context means a royal prerogative. Through the so-called ''Bergregal'', or "mining rights", the monarch granted the right to mine and, through the ''Wasserregal'', he granted the right to use local water supplies for the purpose of mining. Other water users, particularly mill owners, had a lower priority. This 'water regale' or 'right to use water' was part of the overall ''Bergfreiheit'' or mining rights that were valid in Lower Saxony until the 1960s.〔 In German, the term ''Oberharzer Wasserwirtschaft'' ("Upper Harz Water Management") has also been frequently used to refer to these historic facilities. But this is not precise enough, because in the last hundred years an intensive, modern water management system has been put in place in the Upper Harz in the form of a number of new dams and their associated structures and ditches. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Upper Harz Water Regale」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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