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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.619,Lat: 49.6798
Elevation	102 meter above sea level
Local time	18:14:10pm
Name province/region	Hessen
Name Subregion	Darmstadt
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Bergstraße
Name	Bensheim

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bensheim:Schönberg	2.6 km	NorthEast
2 Bensheim:Wilmshausen	3.7 km	EastNorthEast
3 Bensheim:Gronau	3.9 km	East
4 Bensheim:Hochstädten	4.2 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Bensheim:Schwanheim	4.3 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	180 km	West
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	290 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Bern	Switzerland	316 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 361 km (direction NorthWest).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 is Eicher See (0.5 km² at a distance of 14.6 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-German border with a straight distance of 83.4 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 117 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 76%, hill: 24%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately 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 40 km and direction North).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Mannheim-City Airport (at a distance of 24 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

17.6 km2

22.4%

Agriculture

37.2 km2

47.3%

Viticulture

5.2 km2

6.6%

Urban area

17.5 km2

22.3%

Water - Lakes

0.4 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Bensheim in country Germany

Bensheim at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch	Germany	4.7 km	SouthWest
2 Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt	Germany	22 km	North
3 Messel Pit Fossil Site	Germany	28 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Tongrubengelände von Bensheim und Heppenheim	DE	1.6 km	South

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Bensheim
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	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Bensheim

Type of weather in Bensheim	moderate rain
Current temperature:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.66 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	999 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 44 minutes
Sunrise :	06:00 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:44 Europe/Amsterdam