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Bütgenbach Dam

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Bütgenbach Dam

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Bütgenbach Dam

Recommended by 575 hikers out of 586

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Please check local regulations for: Parc naturel des Hautes-Fagnes – Eifel

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Location: Bütgenbach, Verviers, Liège, Wallonie, Wallonia, Belgium

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1. Tour 7: ‘Calm water’ Bütgenbach – hiking in East Belgium

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2. Bütgenbach Lake – Holzwarche Boardwalks loop from Bütgenbach

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3. Holzwarche Boardwalks – View of Lake Bütgenbach loop from Bütgenbach

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Daragia

May 20, 2017

There are many dam walls, there are higher, wider, more powerful ones than this one. This is not a superlative, but still unique. Rarely do you get so much insight into the technology and architecture of a dam.

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Bernd 🌲🦌🍄🥾

December 18, 2021

Nice view from the dam over the lake towards Worriken.

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Nieres

July 16, 2020

The dam, a pillar dam, consists of 11 arches with a span of 12 meters each, the horizontal inclination of which is 40 degrees. The content of the dam is 28,000 cubic meters of concrete. At the ends of the dam there are two concrete walls for anchoring in the rock. When the wall was being built, however, it was found that the rock on the Berger side was not solid, but consisted only of slate rock, so reinforcement was needed to attach the wall on this side, which was used when crossing the wall on the (former) road can still be seen quite well. For waterproofing, the wall is covered with a cement mortar and a layer of asphalt.

de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talsperre_Bütgenbach

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Location: Bütgenbach, Verviers, Liège, Wallonie, Wallonia, Belgium

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