Rur Dam
The Rur Dam is a 77.2 metre high dam located in the southwestern part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. It was built in 1939 and impounds the Roer to form the Roer Reservoir which is 7.83 km2 in area.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kraftwerk Heimbach and Staubecken Heimbach.
Kraftwerk Heimbach
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Kraftwerk Heimbach is a hydro-electric power station in Heimbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was built in Jugendstil architecture, completed in 1905, then the largest hydro-electric power station in Europe. Kraftwerk Heimbach is situated 1¼ km southeast of Rur Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hasenfeld and Eifel National Park.
Eifel National Park
Photo: Ahoerstemeier, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Eifel National Park is the 14th national park in Germany and the first in North Rhine-Westphalia. The park was founded in 2004, and is classified as a "national park in development".
Blens
Village
Photo: A.Savin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Blens is a village, which is situated 3½ km northeast of Rur Dam.
Rur Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Städteregion Aachen, Kreis Düren
- Location: Heimbach, Düren, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.63699° or 50° 38′ 13″ northLongitude
6.44248° or 6° 26′ 33″ eastInception
1934—1938Open location code
9F28JCPR+QXOpenStreetMap ID
way 333964237OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=damWikidata ID
Q75515644
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Romanian—“Rur Dam” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “魯爾大壩”
- Chinese: “鲁尔大坝”
- Dutch: “Roerdaldam”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد رور”
- French: “Barrage de la Roer”
- French: “barrage de la Rour”
- French: “Barrage de la Rour”
- French: “Barrage de la Rur”
- German: “Rurtalsperre Schwammenauel”
- German: “Rurtalsperre”
- Luxembourgish: “Rurtalspär Schwammenauel”
- Romanian: “Barajul Schwammenauel”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Grundablasshaus and Generatorhaus des Kraftwerks Schwammenauel.
Nearby Places
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