The Obersee near Simmerath in the

borough of Aachen The district of Aachen (german: link=yes, Städteregion Aachen) is a district in the west of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Heinsberg, Düren, Euskirchen, and also the Netherlands province of Limburg and the Belgian p ...

is the main forebay of the

Rur Reservoir The Rur or Roer (german: Rur ; Dutch and li, Roer, , ; french: Rour) is a major river that flows through portions of Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands. It is a right (eastern) tributary to the Meuse ( nl, links=no, Maas). About 90 perce ...

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 (''Wasserverband Eifel-Rur''). The

reservoir A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation. Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including control ...

provides

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Location

The dam system, which comprises the ''Paulushofdamm'' and ''Obersee'', lies in the Rur Eifel, a part of the North Eifel, southwest of the Kermeter, north of the

Dreiborn Plateau The Dreiborn Plateau (german: Dreiborner Hochfläche) is an area of woods and open terrain, some 33 square kilometres in area, in the Eifel National Park. It corresponds to the area of the Vogelsang Military Training Area which was handed back on 3 ...

and east of the

Monschau Hedge Land The cultural landscape of the Monschau Hedge Land (german: Monschauer Heckenland) or Monschau Hedge Region includes the uplands of the Eifel and the villages around the town of Monschau in the Region of Aachen, covering an area of 94 km², ...

near Simmerath (borough of Aachen). It is located immediately below the Urft Dam, which impounds the waters of the Urft that flow from the east to create the Urft Reservoir, and immediately above the Rur Dam which impounds the waters of the Rur to form the Rur Reservoir. While the dam belongs to the High Fens-Eifel Nature Park, the large eastern arm of the Obersee in the north lies within the Eifel National Park.

Photos

Staudamm_Eiserbach_1_db.jpg, The ''Paulushofdamm.''
Behind: the pumpwork and broad-crested weir Staudamm_Eiserbach_2_db.jpg, The weir and pumpwork on the ''Paulushofdamm'' Obersee und Hauptsee der Rurtalsperre, Arbeitsschema.jpg, Diagram of the function of the weir in the Paulushofdamm Truppenübungsplatzgrenze Vogelsang.JPG, The Obersee. its eastern arm was, like that of the

Urft Reservoir The Urft Dam (german: Urfttalsperre) 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 Reser ...

, part of the former military training area at Vogelsang. Obersee (Rur)-Eifel.JPG, The

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, ''Eifel'', on the Obersee Naturfreibad einruhr 2017.jpg, The swimming area, ''Naturerlebnisbad Einruhr'', on the Obersee

References

Hinweis zu Höhenangaben: ''" NHN-Höhe = NN-Höhe + 0,036 m"'';
siehe S. 2 → Fußzeile i
''Die Rurtalsperre''
Wasserverband Eifel-Rur (WVER), retrieved 7 May 2016, auf wver.de (PDF; 1,65 MB) unknown / unresearched source

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