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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.1956,Lat: 50.5182
Elevation	246 meter above sea level
Local time	8:53:33am
Name province/region	Hessen
Name Subregion	Gießen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Limburg-Weilburg
Name	Merenberg

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Merenberg:Selbenhausen	1 km	NorthEast
2 Merenberg	1.2 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Merenberg:Reichenborn	2 km	NorthWest
4 Merenberg:Allendorf	2.4 km	South
5 Mengerskirchen:Probbach	3 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	180 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	274 km	West
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	309 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 292 km (direction WestNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Belgium.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 Krombachtalsperre (1 km² at a distance of 11.5 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the German-Belgium border with a straight distance of 128.6 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 180 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 6%, hill: 94%, 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 agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Frankfurt am Main Airport (at a distance of 60 km and direction SouthSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

33.3 km2

42.3%

Agriculture

39.9 km2

50.8%

Urban area

5.2 km2

6.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Barig in country Germany

Barig at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Upper Middle Rhine Valley	Germany	52 km	SouthWest
2 Messel Pit Fossil Site	Germany	78 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt	Germany	79 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Lahntal und seine Hänge	DE	2.9 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Barig-Selbenhausen

Type of weather in Barig-Selbenhausen	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	15 hour and 5 minutes
Sunrise :	05:51 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:56 Europe/Amsterdam