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Urft Dam

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Urft Dam

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Location: Schleiden, Euskirchen, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. Benches with a View of the Rursee – Rursee Loop Trail loop from Scheven

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2. Benches with a View of the Rursee – Rursee Loop Trail loop from Rurberg

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3. Obersee at Einruhr – Victor Neels Bridge loop from Kall

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Didada

August 23, 2023

The Urfttalsperre separates the Obersee from the Urftsee. As the name suggests, the Urftsee is fed by the Urft. In many summer months, however, there is relatively little or no water in the reservoir. i.a. also because the lake is not navigable and the upper lake has to be filled.

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Kathi

June 29, 2016

The Urfttalsperre was built between 1900 and 1905. It dams the Urft to form the largest European reservoir at the time. On the side of the Wall down the valley there is a jetty from which the electric ships of the Rursee shipping depart.

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Mike 🇪🇺

February 11, 2018

The Urfttalsperre in the northern Eifel is a 58.5 m high, 226 m long and built from 1900 to 1905 dam in the southwestern part of the North Rhine-Westphalian district Euskirchen, which dammed the Urft to 2.16 km ² Urft Reservoir (Urftsee).
Its dam wall and the Urft reservoir, which at that time was the largest European artificial lake, belong since 1993 to the water association Eifel-Rur.
Source: Wikipedia

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Location: Schleiden, Euskirchen, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. Benches with a View of the Rursee – Rursee Loop Trail loop from Scheven

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