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The Herbringhauser dam (until 2006 "Upper Herbringhauser dam") is a drinking water dam in the Bergisches Land (North Rhine-Westphalia). It was built from 1898 to 1901 by the city of Barmen, which was still independent at the time and now belongs to Wuppertal. The Herbringhauser Bach is dammed. Until December 31, 2015, the Wuppertaler Stadtwerke (WSW) was the operator. On January 1, 2016, the dam became the property of the Wupperverband, which had acquired it together with the Kerspe dam from the WSW for EUR 46 million.

Always good for a short walk, e.g. after eating in one of the Rondorf restaurants.

Beautiful forest path around the dam. Sturdy shoes not required. For a little snack... let's go to the Alm😉

beautiful old half-timbered town with the slate typical of the Bergisches Land. It's fun to stroll through the alleys and have a wonderful view of the reservoir and the surrounding area

Very nice Wuppertal district located directly on the river with a typical Bergisch old town, which invites you to stroll and drink coffee. If you are in the area, you should stroll through the small streets.

On July 30, 1895, the city council decided to build a waterworks and the associated dam. Professor Otto Intze from the Technical University of Aachen was commissioned with the planning and subsequent implementation. His investigations showed that the most favorable area for a dam was the Saalbach valley with its wealth of sources. At the meeting of the city council on April 14, 1897, Intze's proposals were accepted and the construction of the dam was decided. Almost a year later, the necessary land could be acquired and construction of the dam began. A quarry stone wall was erected, which was built according to the "Intze principle". This principle consisted of creating a wedge-shaped, compacted earthfill on the water side at the foot of the wall, which reached just half the height of the wall. In this way the pressure of the water on the wall could be reduced quite considerably, which enabled a lighter construction method Pump-operated pumping station and on the upper Kurfürstenstrasse, the highest point in Ronsdorf, the water tower. From here the water was fed into the Ronsdorf supply network. The dam was inaugurated on November 11, 1899. It had a storage height of around 19 meters and a capacity of 300,000 cubic meters. Source and more: http://www.ronsdorfer-buergerverein.de/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2016.08Talsperre.pdf

I love to go for a walk there or to ride my mtb there. A break on the bench there is always worthwhile.

Although the Herbringhauser dam is not one of the large reservoirs, the dam impresses us with its height. Since drinking water is stored here, the site is cordoned off accordingly.