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Sorpe Dam

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Sorpe Dam

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Location: Sundern (Sauerland), Hochsauerlandkreis, Arnsberg District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. View of the Sorpesee – View of the Sorpesee Reservoir loop from Mellen

16.2km

04:18

160m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. View of the Sorpesee – View of the Sorpesee Reservoir loop from Amecke

17.0km

04:30

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Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. View of the Sorpesee Reservoir – View of the Sorpesee loop from Amecke

20.9km

05:48

370m

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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Jake the hiker

August 21, 2018

The Sorpesee is a beautiful leisure and recreation area in the Sauerland

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MKKA

May 21, 2018

The main prerequisite for the construction of the Sorpetalsperre was the Röhrtalbahn, which connects Sundern with the Upper Ruhr Valley Railway in Neheim-Hüsten. The steam locomotives of the Röhrtalbahn transported heavy construction trains over a construction track laid at that time and a newly built viaduct to the construction site on the Sorpedamm. This was the largest construction site in Europe from 1926 to 1935. More than 300,000 tons of construction material were transported by the steam freight trains to the Sorpedamm. There then took over small Feldbahnen further transports. The Sorpetalsperre needed with their original catchment area of the Sorpe over three years to be filled. In order to increase the efficiency, the catchment area was subsequently enlarged by passing water from the neighboring valleys into the dam via an ancillary system. This extended the catchment area from originally 53 km² to 100.3 km² [1].

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Rapunzel

January 29, 2023

With a depth of over 70 meters, the Sorpesee is the deepest reservoir in the Ruhr Association and is also one of the largest reservoirs in the Sauerland.
A popular leisure and recreation area.

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Location: Sundern (Sauerland), Hochsauerlandkreis, Arnsberg District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. View of the Sorpesee – View of the Sorpesee Reservoir loop from Mellen

2. View of the Sorpesee – View of the Sorpesee Reservoir loop from Amecke

3. View of the Sorpesee Reservoir – View of the Sorpesee loop from Amecke

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