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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.5526,Lat: 49.8592
Elevation	93 meter above sea level
Local time	6:58:38am
Name province/region	Hessen
Name Subregion	Darmstadt
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Darmstadt-Dieburg
Name	Griesheim

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Riedstadt:Wolfskehlen	3.9 km	West
2 Riedstadt:Goddelau	4.7 km	WestSouthWest
3 Groß-Gerau:Dornheim	5.4 km	WestNorthWest
4 Büttelborn	5.6 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Pfungstadt:Eschollbrücken	5.6 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	177 km	West
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	311 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Brussel	Belgium	318 km	WestNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 347 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 is Eicher See (0.5 km² at a distance of 13 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-German border with a straight distance of 99.6 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 139 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly western 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 20 km and direction North).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

20.8 km2

26.4%

Nature

1.1 km2

1.3%

Agriculture

46.8 km2

59.6%

Urban area

8.3 km2

10.5%

Infrastructure

1.4 km2

1.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Griesheim in country Germany

Griesheim at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt	Germany	8.5 km	EastNorthEast
2 Messel Pit Fossil Site	Germany	16 km	EastNorthEast
3 Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch	Germany	23 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Hessische Altneckarschlingen	DE	1.1 km	West

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Griesheim

Type of weather in Griesheim	light rain
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.69 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 48 minutes
Sunrise :	05:58 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:46 Europe/Amsterdam