Möhnesee Bridge

Möhnesee is a municipality in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, located at the transition from the Soester Börde region to the Sauerland region. It was created in 1969 as part of the municipal reorganization in North Rhine-Westphalia through the dissolution of the Körbecke district. The municipality is named after the Möhne Reservoir, built between 1908 and 1912. This reservoir is an important tourist destination and remains one of the municipality's most important economic factors.

The municipality of Möhnesee is located in the south of the Soest district. Its northern neighbor is the city of Soest. The municipality encompasses parts of the Westphalian Bay, the Haarstrang, and the northwestern Arnsberg Forest. The largest village is Körbecke, located centrally on Lake Möhne. Other villages in the Möhne Valley include Völlinghausen, Stockum, Delecke, Günne, and Brüningsen. While numerous villages can be found north of the Möhne, the only village south of the Möhne is Neuhaus, located on the Heve River.

The largest body of water is the centrally located Möhnesee, through which the Möhne River flows in an east-west direction. The Heve River, flowing east-west through the Arnsberg Forest, flows into the Möhnesee as the second major river. Both the Möhne and the Heve absorb numerous shorter waterways of the Arnsberg Forest along their course. The Haarstrang forms the watershed between the Lippe and Ruhr rivers, so the few waterways that originate north of the Haarstrang flow into the Lippe.