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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.3873,Lat: 50.5361
Elevation	427 meter above sea level
Local time	2:32:58am
Name province/region	Hessen
Name Subregion	Gießen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vogelsbergkreis
Name	Herbstein

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Herbstein:Steinfurt	1.8 km	SouthEast
2 Grebenhain:Nösberts-Weidmoos	2.5 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Herbstein:Schlechtenwegen	2.7 km	East
4 Grebenhain:Heisters	3.3 km	SouthEast
5 Grebenhain:Bannerod	3.9 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	255 km	WestSouthWest
2 Berlin	Germany	355 km	NorthEast
3 Brussel	Belgium	357 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 328 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Weser main Upper - Fulda, Werra, part of the larger catchment area Weser. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Kinzigtalsperre (0.6 km² at a distance of 25.6 km in Southern direction).

The nearest mountain is Taufstein with a height of 773 meter (at a distance of 10.8 km and direction West). The most nearby international border is the French-German border with a straight distance of 192.7 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 270 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 100%, low mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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 81 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

18 km2

23%

Nature

2.4 km2

3.1%

Agriculture

56.6 km2

72%

Urban area

1.5 km2

1.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Altenschlirf in country Germany

Altenschlirf at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Wartburg Castle	Germany	81 km	NorthEast
2 Messel Pit Fossil Site	Germany	82 km	SouthWest
3 Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe	Germany	87 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Talauen bei Herbstein	DE	0.1 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Herbstein

Type of weather in Herbstein	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.89 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	15 hour and 2 minutes
Sunrise :	05:47 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:50 Europe/Amsterdam