Rursee-Route - Rund um den RurseeMichael Lock - StädteRegion AachenRursee-Route - Rund um den RurseeEine gute halbe Auto-Stunde südlich von Aachen liegt malerisch inmitten eines großen Waldgebietes, im Nationalpark Eifel, die Rurtalsperre Schwammenauel, bei der es sich mit 203 Mio Kubikmetern Inhalt und einer Wasserfläche von acht Quadratkilometern um die zweitgrößte Talsperre der Bundesrepublik handelt. Gemeinsam  mit dem Obersee und dem Urftsee bildet sie die  Eifeler Seenplatte. Die Tour führt einmal rund um den Rursee  und gewährt immer wieder atemberaubende Ausblicke auf den See und die umgebende Eifellandschaft. Auf weiten Teilen der Strecke säumt dichter Laubwald das Ufer. Über Kraftwerksanlagen und Staumauern hinaus trifft man im Rahmen der Radtour auf ein einzigartiges Refugium für seltene Tier- und Pflanzenarten, da die Route den Nationalpark Eifel als einzigen Nationalpark in Nordrhein-Westfalen durchquert. Hier sind Biber als Sympathieträger des Naturschutzes, aber auch Uhu und Wildkatze, Wespenbussard und Roter Milan, Bärwurz- und Narzissenwiesen oder Hirschzunge und Buchenfarn heimisch.
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<p><b>Highlights entlang der Strecke:</b></p>
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<li>Nationalpark Eifel</li>
<li>Obersee mit Rurseeschifffahrt</li>
<li>Nationalparktor Rurberg</li>
<li>Jugenstilkraftwerk Heimbach</li>
<li>Staudamm Schwammenauel</li>
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