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
The Urft is a 46.4-kilometre-long (28.8 mi) right-hand tributary of the Rur in the county of Euskirchen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It flows through the village of Urft in the municipality of Kall. The Urft rises in the North Eifel region of the Eifel Mountains.
The Urft near Gemünd in the Urft Reservoir at low water
The Rur inter alia with the courses of the Urft, Inde, Merzbach and Wurm
Urft Reservoir basin at low water and the Victor Neels Bridge, Urft and, on the horizon, the tower of the Vogelsang Fortress
Urft Reservoir and immediately below it the upper basin of the Rur Dam