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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.1254,Lat: 50.457
Elevation	284 meter above sea level
Local time	3:39:37am
Name province/region	Hessen
Name Subregion	Gießen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vogelsbergkreis
Name	Schotten

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Schotten:Wingershausen	1.3 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Schotten:Eschenrod	3.2 km	NorthEast
3 Schotten:Rainrod	3.6 km	WestNorthWest
4 Hirzenhain:Glashütten	4.5 km	South
5 Nidda:Ober-Lais	4.8 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	235 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	340 km	West
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	363 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 333 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Main, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Kinzigtalsperre (0.6 km² at a distance of 26.1 km in SouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Taufstein with a height of 773 meter (at a distance of 10.5 km and direction NorthEast). The most nearby international border is the French-German border with a straight distance of 177.1 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 248 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 5%, hill: 95%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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 62 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

35.8 km2

45.6%

Nature

0.4 km2

0.5%

Agriculture

38 km2

48.3%

Urban area

3.2 km2

4.1%

Water - Lakes

0.4 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Eichelsachsen in country Germany

Eichelsachsen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Messel Pit Fossil Site	Germany	66 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt	Germany	72 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Würzburg Residence with the Court Gardens and Residence Square	Germany	94 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Vogelsberg	DE	0.1 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

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Current weather at Schotten

Type of weather in Schotten	broken clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.35 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	14 hour and 55 minutes
Sunrise :	05:52 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:47 Europe/Amsterdam