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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.3226,Lat: 50.6097
Elevation	241 meter above sea level
Local time	17:07:52pm
Name province/region	Hessen
Name Subregion	Gießen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lahn-Dill-Kreis
Name	Ehringshausen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ehringshausen:Daubhausen	2.1 km	EastSouthEast
2 Ehringshausen:Katzenfurt	2.1 km	EastNorthEast
3 Sinn:Edingen	2.4 km	North
4 Greifenstein	2.6 km	NorthWest
5 Greifenstein:Holzhausen	3.2 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	193 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	281 km	West
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	309 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 297 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 12.8 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the German-Belgium border with a straight distance of 139.2 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 195 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 9%, hill: 91%, low mountains: 0%, 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 66 km and direction SouthSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

48.8 km2

62.2%

Agriculture

23 km2

29.3%

Urban area

6.7 km2

8.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Greifenthal in country Germany

Greifenthal 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	83 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt	Germany	85 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Waldgebiet östlich von Allendorf und nördlich von Leun	DE	0.3 km	South

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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:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.79 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	60 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 39 minutes
Sunrise :	06:04 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:43 Europe/Amsterdam