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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.8734,Lat: 51.6663
Elevation	30 meter above sea level
Local time	19:58:00pm
Name province/region	Nordrhein-Westfalen
Name Subregion	Düsseldorf
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Wesel
Name	Schermbeck

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Schermbeck:Bricht	2.6 km	NorthWest
2 Schermbeck:Besten	2.6 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Dorsten:Östrich	3 km	EastSouthEast
4 Schermbeck	3.1 km	North
5 Hünxe:Gartrop	4.4 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	157 km	WestNorthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	198 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	235 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 179 km (direction WestNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Netherlands.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine main - Lower - Ruhr, Lippe, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Auesee (1.8 km² at a height of around 15 meter above sea level) at a distance of 18.8 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 27.6 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 39 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
NR-578

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Düsseldorf Airport (at a distance of 43 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Weeze Airport (at a distance of 51 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

17.1 km2

21.8%

Nature

0.5 km2

0.6%

Agriculture

54.8 km2

69.7%

Urban area

4.4 km2

5.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gahlen in country Germany

Gahlen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen	Germany	23 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Cologne Cathedral	Germany	81 km	South
3 Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl	Germany	94 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Steinbach	DE	1.6 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Schermbeck

Type of weather in Schermbeck	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.66 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	62 %
Daylength at 27 April 2024:	14 hour and 38 minutes
Sunrise :	06:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:49 Europe/Amsterdam