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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.102,Lat: 50.5622
Elevation	440 meter above sea level
Local time	4:02:53am
Name province/region	Hessen
Name Subregion	Gießen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Gießen
Name	Laubach

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ulrichstein:Wohnfeld	2 km	NorthEast
2 Mücke:Sellnrod	2.2 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Ulrichstein:Bobenhausen	3.1 km	NorthEast
4 Mücke:Höckersdorf	3.3 km	North
5 Laubach:Freienseen	4 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	238 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	337 km	West
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	355 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 321 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine main - Medium - Nahe, Lahn, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Kinzigtalsperre (0.6 km² at a distance of 35.8 km in SouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Taufstein with a height of 773 meter (at a distance of 10.9 km and direction EastSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the French-German border with a straight distance of 187.1 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 262 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 89%, low mountains: 11%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Frankfurt am Main Airport (at a distance of 70 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

32.7 km2

41.6%

Agriculture

44.3 km2

56.4%

Urban area

1.6 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Altenhain in country Germany

Altenhain at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Messel Pit Fossil Site	Germany	76 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt	Germany	82 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe	Germany	86 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Vogelsberg	DE	0.1 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sellnrod

Type of weather in Sellnrod	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.17 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	15 hour and 2 minutes
Sunrise :	05:48 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:51 Europe/Amsterdam