The dam was built between 1974 and 1984 near Eibenstock in the Ore Mountains; it was completed in 1987 and taken into service in 1982.
Paul Drews (March 8, 1858, Eibenstock, Kingdom of Saxony – August 1, 1912, Halle) was a German Lutheran theologian.
The last area of operations for these locomotives in the Deutsche Reichsbahn was on the ramp from Eibenstock upper station to Eibenstock lower station which was closed in autumn 1975.
The dam was built between 1949 and 1952 in the Höllengrund near Eibenstock in the Ore Mountains and taken into service in 1952.
It is a state-recognized health resort, that has belonged to the town Eibenstock since 1 January 2011.