Esch-sur-Sûre Dam
The Esch-sur-Sûre Dam is an arch dam on the River Sauer just upstream of Esch-sur-Sûre in the Wiltz canton of Luxembourg. The primary purpose of the dam and its reservoir, Upper Sûre Lake, is to provide municipal water supply and hydroelectric power generation.Photo: Beideler René, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Dam
- Description: architectural structure
- Also known as: “Esch-sur-Sure Dam”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Esch-sur-Sûre Castle and Église de la Nativité de la Bienheureuse-Vierge-Marie.
Esch-sur-Sûre Castle
Castle
Photo: Manu25, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Esch-sur-Sûre Castle, now a ruin, is located on a spur in the small town of Esch-sur-Sûre in the north-west of Luxembourg. It is naturally protected by a sharp meander in the River Sûre which surrounds the town and the castle on three sides. Esch-sur-Sûre Castle is situated 790 metres east of Esch-sur-Sûre Dam.
Église de la Nativité de la Bienheureuse-Vierge-Marie
Church
Photo: MMFE, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Église de la Nativité de la Bienheureuse-Vierge-Marie is a church, which is situated 1 km east of Esch-sur-Sûre Dam.
Église Saint-Hubert
Church
Photo: MMFE, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Église Saint-Hubert is a church, which is situated 2 km northwest of Esch-sur-Sûre Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Esch-sur-Sûre and Kaundorf.
Esch-sur-Sûre
Photo: Alessandro Prada, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Esch-sur-Sûre is a commune and small town in north-western Luxembourg, situated in the canton of Wiltz. At one point it was the second smallest commune by area in Luxembourg, until Neunhausen and Heiderscheid were merged into it in 2011.
Kaundorf
Village
Photo: Johnny Chicago, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kaundorf is a village in the commune of Lac de la Haute-Sûre, in north-western Luxembourg. As of 2025, the village has a population of 396 and is known for its WWII era underground bunkers, built to hide refugees.
Esch-sur-Sûre Dam
- Categories: arch dam and hydroelectric power station
- Location: Wiltz, Luxembourg, Benelux, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
49.91139° or 49° 54′ 41″ northLongitude
5.92335° or 5° 55′ 24″ eastOpen location code
8FX7WW6F+H8OpenStreetMap ID
way 31794753OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=damWikidata ID
Q1366851
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In Other Languages
From French to Ukrainian—“Esch-sur-Sûre Dam” goes by many names.
- French: “Barrage d’Esch-sur-Sure”
- French: “barrage d’Esch-sur-Sûre”
- French: “Barrage d’Esch-sur-Sûre”
- German: “Esch-sur-Sure-Talsperre”
- German: “Obersauer-Staudamm”
- German: “Staudamm von Esch-sur-Sûre”
- Italian: “Diga di Esch-sur-Sûre”
- Luxembourgish: “Barrage Esch-Sauer”
- Luxembourgish: “Staudamm Esch-Sauer”
- Persian: “سد اش-سور-سور”
- Ukrainian: “Еш-сюр-Сур”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Emwee and Lake Sure Viewpoint.
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