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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.4803,Lat: 50.1896
Elevation	368 meter above sea level
Local time	9:21:18am
Name province/region	Hessen
Name Subregion	Darmstadt
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Hochtaunuskreis
Name	Königstein im Taunus

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Königstein im Taunus	1.3 km	SouthWest
2 Königstein im Taunus:Mammolshain	2.2 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Kronberg im Taunus	2.4 km	EastSouthEast
4 Königstein im Taunus:Schneidhain	2.9 km	SouthWest
5 Bad Soden am Taunus:Altenhain	3.6 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	181 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	302 km	WestNorthWest
3 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	348 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 325 km (direction WestNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Belgium.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Main, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Langener Waldsee Sehring (0.9 km² at a distance of 21.3 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Großer Feldberg with a height of 879 meter (at a distance of 5 km and direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the French-German border with a straight distance of 131.9 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 185 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 8%, hill: 64%, low mountains: 28%, moderate high mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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 18 km and direction SouthSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

49.6 km2

63.2%

Agriculture

16.3 km2

20.7%

Urban area

11.6 km2

14.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Falkenstein in country Germany

Falkenstein at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Messel Pit Fossil Site	Germany	36 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt	Germany	37 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Upper Middle Rhine Valley	Germany	56 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Burghain Falkenstein	DE	0.2 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Königstein im Taunus

Type of weather in Königstein im Taunus	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.14 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	77 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	14 hour and 57 minutes
Sunrise :	05:54 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:51 Europe/Amsterdam