Since the 1920s, is located in Glatten Glatt and Lauter dams for water to escape through the tunnels buildings of the Heimbach Reservoir (Loßburg-) Sterneck and from there to the hydroelectric power plant in (Dornhan-) Bettenhausen. Of relevance to the site is also the completed in 2010, upriver built on the Glatt flood retention structure founded ten years after the Glatt high tides on February 15, 1990 By the Zweckverbandes Glatt-valley.Zweckverband Hochwasserschutz auf glatten.de
