Rur Dam

Rur Dam
Kreis Düren
Coordinates	50°37′57″N 6°23′55″E / 50.63250°N 6.39861°E / 50.63250; 6.39861
Construction began	1934–1938, 1955–1959 and 1961
Dam and spillways
Impounds	Rur; others see below
Height (foundation)	77.2 m (253 ft)
Height (thalweg)	69.5 m (228 ft)
Length	480 m (1,570 ft)
Elevation at crest	284.43 m (933.2 ft)
Width (crest)	15 m (49 ft)
Dam volume	2.6×10^6 m3 (92×10^6 cu ft)
Reservoir
Total capacity	203.2×10^6 m3 (7.18×10^9 cu ft)
Active capacity	incl. Obersee 202.6×10^6 m3 (7.15×10^9 cu ft)
Catchment area	288.1 km3 (69.1 cu mi)
Surface area	7.83 km2 (3.02 sq mi)
Maximum length	10.6 km (6.6 mi)
Normal elevation	281.5 m (924 ft)

The Rur Dam (

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History

The original dam was built between 1934 and 1938 from earth and stone, with an inner lining of

for two weeks. Construction from 1955 to 1959 raised the height of the dam by 20 meters to its present height of 77 meters above the riverbed.

Headwaters and tailwaters

The headwaters of the Rur Reservoir, with their length in kilometres (km), according to the Deutsche Grundkarte map (sorted alphabetically):^[1]

• Allersbach (2.9 km); from Buhlert Ridge flowing from the west-northwest, empties into the central section of the reservoir
• Büdenbach (1.1 km); from the Kermeter flowing from the south, discharges near the dam wall in the northeastern part of the reservoir
• Eschbach (1 km); from the Kermeter flowing from the south, empties into the northeastern part of the reservoir
• Hohenbach (2.1 km); from the Kermeter flowing from the south, empties into the northeastern part of the reservoir
• Lederbach (1.1 km); from the Buhlert Ridge near the hamlet of Klaus flowing from the northwest, discharges into the central part of the reservoir
• Morsbach (1.2 km); from Schmidt-Eschauel flowing from the north, discharges into the central part of the reservoir
• Rur (164.5 km), the main headwater, flowing from the south and emptying into the southern end of the reservoir; forms the only natural tailwater
• Welchenbach (3.5 km); from the
  Monschauer Heckenland/from the direction of Simmerath
  in the west, discharges into the southern part of the reservoir
• Wolfsbach (2.2 km); from the Monschauer Heckenland/from Steckenborn (Simmerath) flowing from the west, discharges into the southern part of the reservoir
• Schilsbach, from Hechelscheidt/ Klaus, empties near Woffelsbach/ Schilsbachtal
• Weidenbach, empties near Rurberg/ Weidenbachtal

Panorama

See also

• List of dams in Germany
• List of reservoirs by volume

References

Literature

• Talsperren in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Peter Franke, Wolfgang Frey: DNK - DVWK 1987,
  ISBN 3-926520-00-0

External links

• NRW dam information
• Available measurement stations and time series for the Rur Dam at wver.de
• Webcam with view from Buoy 2 towards Buoy 1
• Water gauge and weather data
• RWTH weather station with webcam of the Woffelsbach Bay