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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.6749,Lat: 50.5862
Elevation	168 meter above sea level
Local time	13:18:48pm
Name province/region	Hessen
Name Subregion	Gießen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Gießen
Name	Gießen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Heuchelheim	3.1 km	West
2 Gießen:Kleinlinden	3.7 km	SouthWest
3 Wettenberg:Launsbach	4.1 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Wettenberg:Krofdorf-Gleiberg	4.8 km	NorthWest
5 Gießen:Allendorf	5.4 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	212 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	307 km	West
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	329 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 314 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine main - Medium - Nahe, Lahn, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Aartalsee (1 km² at a distance of 17.4 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the German-Belgium border with a straight distance of 163.4 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 229 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 82%, hill: 18%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place is highly 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 South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

19 km2

24.2%

Nature

1.2 km2

1.5%

Agriculture

30.6 km2

39%

Urban area

25.4 km2

32.3%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.4%

Water - Lakes

0.2 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gießen in country Germany

Gießen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Messel Pit Fossil Site	Germany	75 km	South
2 Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt	Germany	79 km	South
3 Upper Middle Rhine Valley	Germany	83 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Wieseckaue und Josolleraue	DE	1.5 km	EastNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Gießen
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Giessen

Type of weather in Giessen	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.68 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	56 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 39 minutes
Sunrise :	06:02 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:42 Europe/Amsterdam