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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.2915,Lat: 50.623
Elevation	326 meter above sea level
Local time	14:44:19pm
Name province/region	Hessen
Name Subregion	Gießen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lahn-Dill-Kreis
Name	Greifenstein

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Sinn:Edingen	2.3 km	EastNorthEast
2 Ehringshausen:Greifenthal	2.6 km	SouthEast
3 Sinn:Fleisbach	2.8 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Greifenstein:Holzhausen	3.2 km	South
5 Herborn:Hirschberg	3.5 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	192 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	279 km	West
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	306 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 295 km (direction WestNorthWest).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 (reservoir) is Krombachtalsperre (1 km² at a distance of 10.6 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the German-Belgium border with a straight distance of 137.2 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 192 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 5%, hill: 91%, low mountains: 4%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely 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 68 km and direction SouthSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

42 km2

53.5%

Agriculture

29.7 km2

37.7%

Urban area

6.7 km2

8.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Greifenstein in country Germany

Greifenstein at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Upper Middle Rhine Valley	Germany	66 km	SouthWest
2 Messel Pit Fossil Site	Germany	85 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt	Germany	87 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Fleisbachtal und Hindstein	DE	0.4 km	WestNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Greifenstein

Type of weather in Greifenstein	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.79 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	57 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 39 minutes
Sunrise :	06:04 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:43 Europe/Amsterdam