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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.4592,Lat: 50.6802
Elevation	317 meter above sea level
Local time	6:34:14am
Name province/region	Hessen
Name Subregion	Gießen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lahn-Dill-Kreis
Name	Hohenahr

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hohenahr:Ahrdt	1.9 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Hohenahr:Mudersbach	2.2 km	EastNorthEast
3 Aßlar:Bermoll	2.6 km	South
4 Mittenaar:Bellersdorf	2.7 km	WestSouthWest
5 Bischoffen:Niederweidbach	2.9 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	205 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	290 km	West
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	311 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 303 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 Aartalsee (1 km² at a distance of 1.8 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the German-Belgium border with a straight distance of 149.8 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 210 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 100%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Frankfurt am Main Airport (at a distance of 72 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

37.6 km2

47.8%

Agriculture

36.4 km2

46.3%

Urban area

3.8 km2

4.8%

Water - Lakes

0.8 km2

1.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Altenkirchen in country Germany

Altenkirchen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Upper Middle Rhine Valley	Germany	78 km	SouthWest
2 Messel Pit Fossil Site	Germany	87 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt	Germany	91 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Wiesentäler um Hohenahr und die Aartalsperre	DE	0.3 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ahrdt

Type of weather in Ahrdt	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.22 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	15 hour and 3 minutes
Sunrise :	05:51 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:54 Europe/Amsterdam