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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.9567,Lat: 53.2365
Elevation	10 meter above sea level
Local time	11:39:26am
Name province/region	Niedersachsen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Ammerland
Name	Westerstede

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Westerstede:Hüllstede	2.8 km	North
2 Westerstede:Torsholt	3.2 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Bad Zwischenahn:Deepenfurth	3.2 km	South
4 Westerstede	3.2 km	NorthWest
5 Westerstede:Mansie	3.9 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	228 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	363 km	SouthWest
3 Berlin	Germany	375 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 25 km (direction NorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Ems. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Zwischenahner Meer (5.4 km² at a height of around 4 meter above sea level) at a distance of 4.6 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 49.1 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 69 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 75%, low location: 25%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Ostfriesisch-Oldenburgische Geest

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (at a distance of 142 km and direction EastNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

15.9 km2

20.3%

Agriculture

53.5 km2

68.1%

Urban area

8 km2

10.2%

Water - Lakes

0.2 km2

0.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Giesselhorst in country Germany

Giesselhorst at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Wadden Sea	Denmark,Germany,Netherlands	51 km	NorthEast
2 Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of Bremen	Germany	60 km	EastSouthEast
3 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	107 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Garnholt	DE	2.8 km	EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Westerstede

Type of weather in Westerstede	broken clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.68 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1021 mb
Humidity:	66 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 55 minutes
Sunrise :	05:57 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:53 Europe/Amsterdam