Bleibtreusee

Bleibtreusee is an

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on the grounds of the former

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mine in

Rhein-Erft-Kreis The Rhein-Erft-Kreis () is a district in the west of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Neuss (district), Neuss, district-free Cologne, Rhein-Sieg, Euskirchen (district), Euskirchen, Düren (district), Düren. History The ...

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia or North-Rhine/Westphalia, commonly shortened to NRW, is a States of Germany, state () in Old states of Germany, Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhabitants, it is the List of German states by population, most ...

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. At an elevation of its surface area is 74.2 ha. North of Bleibtreusee, there is an electricity pylon, which carried from 1977 to 2010 an observation deck. Bleibtreusee plan 2013-07-21

Lakes of North Rhine-Westphalia {{RheinErftKreis-geo-stub