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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.7056,Lat: 49.5624
Elevation	172 meter above sea level
Local time	16:00:26pm
Name province/region	Hessen
Name Subregion	Darmstadt
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Bergstraße
Name	Birkenau

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Birkenau:Hornbach	1.8 km	EastNorthEast
2 Birkenau:Reisen	2.1 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Gorxheimertal:Gorxheim	2.4 km	South
4 Birkenau:Nieder-Liebersbach	2.4 km	North
5 Weinheim	2.8 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	187 km	West
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	276 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Bern	Switzerland	305 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 374 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 Kiefweiher (0.4 km² at a distance of 21.9 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-German border with a straight distance of 74.1 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 104 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 37%, hill: 63%, low mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 54 km and direction North).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Mannheim-City Airport (at a distance of 17 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

26.7 km2

34%

Agriculture

36.4 km2

46.4%

Viticulture

0.5 km2

0.6%

Urban area

14.6 km2

18.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Birkenau in country Germany

Birkenau at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch	Germany	14 km	NorthWest
2 Speyer Cathedral	Germany	33 km	SouthWest
3 ShUM Sites of Speyer, Worms and Mainz	Germany	33 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Weschnitz, Bergstraße und Odenwald bei Weinheim	DE	1.3 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Birkenau

Type of weather in Birkenau	clear sky
Current temperature:	21 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	46 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 33 minutes
Sunrise :	06:05 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:39 Europe/Amsterdam