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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.4932,Lat: 49.7523
Elevation	89 meter above sea level
Local time	9:45:01am
Name province/region	Hessen
Name Subregion	Darmstadt
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Groß-Gerau
Name	Gernsheim

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Gernsheim:Klein-Rohrheim	2 km	South
2 Gernsheim:Allmendfeld	3.4 km	NorthEast
3 Biebesheim am Rhein	3.7 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Groß-Rohrheim	3.9 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Hamm am Rhein	4.8 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	172 km	West
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	300 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Brussel	Belgium	319 km	WestNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 349 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 Eicher See (0.5 km² at a distance of 2.7 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-German border with a straight distance of 87.1 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 122 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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 32 km and direction North).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

11.9 km2

15.2%

Agriculture

52.5 km2

66.9%

Urban area

9 km2

11.4%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.3%

Water - Lakes

3.5 km2

4.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gernsheim in country Germany

Gernsheim at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch	Germany	12 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt	Germany	19 km	NorthEast
3 Messel Pit Fossil Site	Germany	26 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Jägersburger / Gernsheimer Wald	DE	1.4 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gernsheim

Type of weather in Gernsheim	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.83 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	15 hour and 0 minutes
Sunrise :	05:52 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:52 Europe/Amsterdam