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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
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River of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
the village of Urft in the municipality of Kall. The Urft rises in the North Eifel region of the Eifel Mountains. The name of the Urft is derived from
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Lake in North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany
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
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River in Germany and the Netherlands
Paulushof Dam, forming the Upper lake (Obersee), while the Urft Dam (Urftalsperre) impounds the Urft reservoir (Urftstausee). In 1944 the Schwammenauel Dam held
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Series of battles during World War II
other, smaller, structures: the Paulushof Dam holding the Obersee and the Urft Dam holding the Urftstausee. If the floodgates were opened, the resulting surge
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River in Czech Republic, Poland
range near Jelenia Góra. Then the largest in Europe, surpassing even the Urft Dam built in 1905, it created a reservoir of about 4 km (2.5 mi) length. The
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List of dams and reservoirs in Germany
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Type of earthquake bomb
Urft Dam (30 mi (48 km) southwest of Cologne) was attacked to prevent it being used to flood the area as American troops advanced. The lip of the dam
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Town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
hall church, König organ from 1770) From 1900 to 1905 the Urft Dam was built as the largest dam in Europe at the time. Today it is part of the Eifel National
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United States army general (1888–1980)
threat posed by Roer dams upstream. The Urft Dam (Urfttalsperre) held 161,000,000 cubic feet (4,550,000 m3) of water, and the Rur Dam (Schwammenauel) held
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major dams that were still in German hands: the Urft Dam (Urfttalsperre), which was filled to capacity with 45,500,000 cubic meters, and the Rur Dam (Schwammenauel)
American logistics in the Western Allied invasion of Germany
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National Park in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
mines dating from the Second World War period, still exist near the dam of the Urft Reservoir. These sorts of mine cannot be easily cleared because there
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Obersee (a pre-basin of the Rur Dam), and in the south by the Urft Reservoir (at around 322.5 m above NN) and thus the Urft valley. In the southwest the
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German hydro-electric power station
Europe. It is also known as Urftkraftwerk, because it uses water from the Urft reservoir. The original eight Francis turbines served until 1974, when they
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Vogelsang with the valleys of the Neffgesbach and Morsbach, in the north by the Urft valley and the Urftsee lake, which separates the Dreiborn Plateau from the
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Power generation via movement of water
German government did not set out building large dams such as the prewar Urft, Mohne, and Eder dams to expand hydropower: they mostly wanted to reduce
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1945 battle of WWII in Germany
day they added to the flooding by doing the same to dams further upstream on the Roer and the Urft. The river rose at two feet an hour and the valley downstream
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Municipality in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
flooding by doing the same to dams further up stream on the Roer and the Urft. The river rose at two feet an hour and the valley downstream to the Meuse
Kranenburg, North Rhine-Westphalia
Kranenburg,_North_Rhine-Westphalia
Mountain in Germany
on the Kermeter ridge above the valleys of the Rur to the north and the Urft to the south. Its summit lies about 260 metres south of the Landesstraße 15
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