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EuskirchenSchleidenKermeterstollen Valve House
DiscoverPlaces to seeGermanyNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Cologne District
EuskirchenSchleidenKermeterstollen Valve House
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Kermeterstollen Valve House
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Hannah
October 26, 2020
Cycling
The Kermeter tunnel was built at the beginning of the 20th century and directs the water from the Urftsee into the power station near Heimbach-Hasenfeld, where electricity is still generated from hydropower today. Here you can see the above-ground valve house, which dates back to 1905, but has since been replaced by a modern valve.
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•Karl
May 3, 2019
Hiking
The south tower is the cleat closure of the Kermeterstollen. The Kermeterstollen begins at the Urfttalsperre. There was a pit (the so-called south shaft) dug down to the tunnel shortly …
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•PeterH65 (a.k.a. "Waldorf")
November 19, 2017
Hiking
The Kermeter tunnel (also called Urft tunnel) was built in 1905 at the same time as the Urft dam and the Heimbach power station. It is an approximately 2.7 km …
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