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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.3896,Lat: 50.5147
Elevation	205 meter above sea level
Local time	5:30:40am
Name province/region	Hessen
Name Subregion	Gießen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lahn-Dill-Kreis
Name	Braunfels

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Solms	1.9 km	NorthEast
2 Braunfels:Philippstein	2.6 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Braunfels:Bonbaden	3.2 km	SouthEast
4 Weilburg:Bermbach	4.2 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Braunfels:Tiefenbach	4.3 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	191 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	288 km	West
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	319 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 305 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 Aartalsee (1 km² at a distance of 20.2 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the German-Belgium border with a straight distance of 142.2 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 199 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 26%, hill: 74%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 55 km and direction SouthSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

37 km2

47.1%

Agriculture

30.4 km2

38.7%

Urban area

10.4 km2

13.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Braunfels in country Germany

Braunfels at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Upper Middle Rhine Valley	Germany	62 km	SouthWest
2 Messel Pit Fossil Site	Germany	71 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt	Germany	74 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Urwaldzelle bei Braunfels	DE	0.8 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Braunfels

Type of weather in Braunfels	moderate rain
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.21 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 52 minutes
Sunrise :	05:57 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:49 Europe/Amsterdam