Edersee Dam

Hesse · Germany

Edersee Dam, Germany
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summer
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A curved masonry gravity dam completed in 1914 that holds back the Eder river to form one of Germany's largest reservoirs. Visitors walk the crest for wide views over the lake and forested hills, and the dam was targeted in the 1943 Dambusters raid.

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