Schwammenauel Marina – View of the Rursee loop from Heimbach

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Kreis Düren

Heimbach

Schwammenauel Marina – View of the Rursee loop from Heimbach

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Schwammenauel Marina – View of the Rursee loop from Heimbach

01:37

5.83km

110m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 25, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Naturpark Hohes Venn-Eifel

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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1.60 km

Schwammenauel Marina

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Rurseetalsperre Schwammenauel near Heimbach offers a varied program of water sports and a very nice hotel right on the lake

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1.64 km

Boats on the Rursee

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And in the summer, sailing on the Rursee on a pleasure boat is on my agenda

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1.74 km

View of the Rursee

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Those who love water will enjoy the view.

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1.75 km

Rursee Ferry Terminal

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The RURSEE was created at the end of the 1930s with the construction of the Schwammenauel dam. Since it can also be used for water sports - unlike the Obersee, …

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1.97 km

Rur Dam (Schwammenauel Reservoir)

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With a height of almost 70 meters, the dam is one of the highest in Germany and correspondingly large is the Rursee behind it. The dam was built mainly to …

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2.08 km

Rur Dam at the Rursee

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This view over the Rursee from the dam is wonderful

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2.20 km

The Rurtalsperre Schwammenauel, together with the two foredams Eiserbach and Paulushofdamm, forms the heart of the dam network in the northern Eifel. With the completion of the second expansion phase …

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3.91 km

Heimbach Art Nouveau Hydroelectric Power Station

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The hydropower plant from 1905 draws its water from the Urft Dam and was once the largest storage hydropower plant in Europe. The power plant building is now a listed building and can be viewed on guided tours.

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5.83 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.60 km

1.66 km

434 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

4.11 km

1.68 km

Elevation

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Highest point (290 m)

Lowest point (220 m)

Weather

Friday 9 October

14°C

7°C

25 %

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Max wind speed: 25.0 km/h

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Comments

August 2, 2023,RURSEE / Wasserstand geprüft 😉

@Helga und Schorsch 🐾 nice to meet you . Next time we'll talk longer 👍

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November 25, 2023,Nieselregen und nasskalt ….am Rursee…

... nevertheless the Rurtalsperre Schwammenauel, the Heimbach reservoir and the Eifeler Tor resort are well filled.
It's just nice to see that so many families with children go on vacation in the Eifel and even the little ones are encouraged to go hiking👍🥾👧🏻👶🏻

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September 14, 2025,Sonntag am Rursee ….Planänderung…

Originally we wanted to go to Schwammenauel-Eschauel 🥾the path is apparently completely closed😱Attention for all cyclists, including those who want to use the Ruruferradweg.

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