The Rur Dam (German: Rurtalsperre Schwammenauel) 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 River Rur to form the Rur Reservoir (Rurstausee or Rursee) which is 7.83 km² in area. It lies within the districts of Aachen and Düren.
Headwaters and tailwatersEdit
The headwaters of the Rur Reservoir, with their length in kilometres (km), according to the Deutsche Grundkarte map (sorted alphabetically):
Allersbach (2.9 km); from Buhlert Ridge flowing from the west-northwest, empties into the central section of the reservoirBüdenbach (1.1 km); from the Kermeter flowing from the south, discharges near the dam wall in the northeastern part of the reservoirEschbach (1 km); from the Kermeter flowing from the south, empties into the northeastern part of the reservoirHohenbach (2.1 km); from the Kermeter flowing from the south, empties into the northeastern part of the reservoirLederbach (1.1 km); from the Buhlert Ridge near the hamlet of Klaus flowing from the northwest, discharges into the central part of the reservoirMorsbach (1.2 km); from Schmidt-Eschauel flowing from the north, discharges into the central part of the reservoirRur (164.5 km), the main headwater, flowing from the south and emptying into the southern end of the reservoir; forms the only natural tailwaterWelchenbach (3.5 km); from the Monschauer Heckenland/from the direction of Simmerath in the west, discharges into the southern part of the reservoirWolfsbach (2.2 km); from the Monschauer Heckenland/from Steckenborn (Simmerath) flowing from the west, discharges into the southern part of the reservoirSchilsbach, from Hechelscheidt/ Klaus, empties near Woffelsbach/ SchilsbachtalWeidenbach, empties near Rurberg/ WeidenbachtalTalsperren in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Peter Franke, Wolfgang Frey: DNK - DVWK 1987, ISBN 3-926520-00-0
