Möhne Reservoir

The Möhne Reservoir, or Moehne Reservoir, is an artificial lake in , some 45 km east of , Germany. The lake is formed by the damming of two rivers, the and , and with its four basins stores as much as 135 million cubic metres of water.
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  • Type: Dam
  • Description: reservoir
  • Also known as: “Reservoir Mohne”, “Rezervujo Moehne”, “Staumauer Möhnetalsperre”, “Мензе”, “メーネタール堰”, and “メーネ湖”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Landschafts-Informationszentrum and St. Antonius.

Museum
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is a museum, which is situated 1 km northwest of Möhne Reservoir.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 1¼ km northwest of Möhne Reservoir.

Nature reserve
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is a nature reserve, which is situated 2½ km southeast of Möhne Reservoir.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Günne and Delecke.

Village
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is a village.

Village
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is a village.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 3½ km north of Möhne Reservoir.

Möhne Reservoir

Latitude
51.49009° or 51° 29′ 24″ north
Longitude
8.05856° or 8° 3′ 31″ east
Height
40 metres (132 feet)
Width
34 metres (112 feet)
Open location code
9F3CF3R5+2C
Open­Street­Map ID
way 74064139
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­dam
Wiki­data ID
Q677151
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Satellite Map

Discover Möhne Reservoir from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Russian—“Möhne Reservoir” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Möhnetalsperre”
  • Chinese: “默訥水庫”
  • Chinese: “默讷水库”
  • Czech: “Möhnesee”
  • Czech: “Reservoár Möhne”
  • Dutch: “Möhnesee”
  • Esperanto: “Rezervujo Möhne”
  • French: “Réservoir de la Möhne”
  • French: “réservoir Möhne”
  • German: “Möhnetalsperre”
  • Greek: “Ταμιευτήρας Μένε”
  • Japanese: “メーネ人造湖”
  • Lithuanian: “Mionės tvenkinys”
  • Macedonian: “Менско Езеро”
  • Marathi: “मॉहने धरण”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Möhnetalsperre”
  • Norwegian: “Möhnetalsperre”
  • Polish: “Zapora Möhne”
  • Russian: “Мёнезе”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Tourist-Info Sperrmauer and Möhne Hauptkraftwerk.

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