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Urftsee
The Urft Dam () is a 58.50 metre high dam in the southwestern part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. It was built in 1905. The dam impounds the Urft (river), River Urft in the district of Kreis Euskirchen, Euskirchen to create the Urft Reservoir (''Urftstausee''), 2.16 km2 in area. The reservoir is also called the ''Urftsee'' (Lake Urft). The Urft Dam, which was constructed during the period 1900 to 1905, and the Urft Reservoir, which was then the biggest reservoir in Europe, having belonged since 1993 to the Eifel-Rur Water Board (''Wasserverband Eifel-Rur''). Location The Urft barrier system that comprises the Urft Dam and Urft Reservoir is located in the Rur Eifel, a subdivision of the North Eifel region, south of the Kermeter ridge, north-northeast of the Dreiborn Plateau between Simmerath-Rurberg (in the neighbouring region of Aachen) to the west-northwest and Schleiden-Gemünd (Schleiden), Gemünd (Kreis Euskirchen, Euskirchen district) to the east ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dreiborn Plateau
The Dreiborn Plateau () is an area of woods and open terrain, some 33 square kilometres in area, in the Eifel National Park. It corresponds to the area of the Vogelsang Military Training Area which was handed back on 31 December 2005 and had been out-of-bounds to the public since 1 September 1946. Since 2006 parts of the area have been opened up to the public who may use certain routes through it. Location and geography The Dreiborn Plateau is bordered in the west by the Rur Dam, Obersee and Einruhr, the river and village of Erkensruhr, in the south by the L 207 state road through Dreiborn (Schleiden), Dreiborn and Herhahn, in the east by the terrain around the former Nazi fort of Ordensburg Vogelsang with the valleys of the Neffgesbach and Morsbach, in the north by the Urft (river), Urft valley and the Urft Dam, Urftsee lake, which separates the Dreiborn Plateau from the ridge of the Kermeter to the north. The plateau is bisected in an east to west direction by the B 266 feder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
