The Obersee near Simmerath in the borough of Aachen is the main forebay of the Rur Reservoir on the River Rur in the Eifel mountains of Germany. Its barrier is the Paulushofdamm. The reservoir, like that of the Rur Dam, belongs to the Eifel-Rur Water Company. The reservoir provides drinking water.
The Obersee between Einruhr and Rurberg
The Obersee and Einruhr
The Obersee and Urft Dam. Left: the Obersee (pre-dam of the Rur Dam); right: the overfilled dam foot with spillway of the Urft Reservoir
The Paulushofdamm. Behind: the pumpwork and broad-crested weir
The Urft Dam is a 58.50 metre high dam in the southwestern part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. It was built in 1905. The dam impounds the River Urft in the district of Euskirchen to create the Urft Reservoir (Urftstausee), 2.16 km2 in area. The reservoir is also called the Urftsee.
Aerial photograph of the Urft Dam and Reservoir; in the foreground is the Obersee lake
Downstream side of the Urft Dam with the Obersee in the foreground
Vogelsang Military Training Area
The Urft Dam in 1911