Urft Reservoir

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Urft Reservoir is a historic artificial lake in Germany’s Eifel region, known for its early 20th-century dam and scenic setting within Eifel National Park.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Urft Reservoir canonical 3
Urft Dam 1

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Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf reservoir
architecturalStyle early 20th-century dam engineering
basinCountry Germany
constructionStartDate 1900
country Germany
ecosystemType temperate forested reservoir
hasAccessRestriction partly restricted to protect nature
hasDam Urft Dam
hasDamType gravity dam
hasHistoricalSignificance one of the oldest large reservoirs in the Eifel
hasNearbyTrail Eifelsteig long-distance trail
Urftsee circular hiking routes
hasRecreationalActivity cycling
hiking
nature observation
hasScenicSetting Eifel National Park landscape
heritageStatus historic reservoir
inception 1905
locatedIn Eifel region
North Rhine-Westphalia
locatedInDistrict Euskirchen district
locatedInMountainRange Eifel
linked to: Eifel region
locatedInProtectedArea Eifel National Park
locatedNear Rur Reservoir
Vogelsang IP
nearbyCity Gemünd
Schleiden
openingDate 1905
operator regional water management authorities
outflow Urft
partOf Rur River basin
purpose flood control
hydroelectric power generation
water regulation
riverDammed Urft
tourismRegion Nordeifel
linked to: Eifel region
usedFor nature conservation
recreation
tourism
waterBodyType inland surface water body

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eifel National Park contains Urft Reservoir
Roer hasStructure Urft Dam
linked to: Urft Reservoir
Rur Reservoir hasPart Urft Reservoir
Kreis Euskirchen hasLake Urft Reservoir
subject linked to: Kreis Euskirchen (partial)