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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.3244,Lat: 52.0976
Elevation	70 meter above sea level
Local time	5:55:07am
Name province/region	Nordrhein-Westfalen
Name Subregion	Münster
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Steinfurt
Name	Horstmar

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Horstmar:Ostendorf	1.5 km	NorthWest
2 Horstmar	2.3 km	SouthWest
3 Horstmar:Leer	2.8 km	NorthWest
4 Horstmar:Niedern	3 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Horstmar:Schagern	4 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	169 km	WestNorthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	249 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	290 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 152 km (direction North).The coastline is located in another country namely Netherlands.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Vogelvennteich (0.5 km² at a distance of 32.9 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 23.6 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 33 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
NR-541

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Düsseldorf Airport (at a distance of 98 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Münster Osnabrück Airport (at a distance of 25 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

6.7 km2

8.5%

Agriculture

67.3 km2

85.6%

Urban area

4.6 km2

5.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Alst in country Germany

Alst at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen	Germany	70 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	122 km	WestNorthWest
3 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	123 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Herrenholz und Schöppinger Berg	DE	0.9 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Horstmar

Type of weather in Horstmar	broken clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.22 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1000 mb
Humidity:	78 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 59 minutes
Sunrise :	05:58 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:57 Europe/Amsterdam