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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.075,Lat: 50.5991
Elevation	299 meter above sea level
Local time	21:19:13pm
Name province/region	Hessen
Name Subregion	Gießen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vogelsbergkreis
Name	Mücke

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Grünberg:Klein-Eichen	2.3 km	SouthWest
2 Mücke:Höckersdorf	2.4 km	EastSouthEast
3 Mücke:Sellnrod	2.5 km	SouthEast
4 Mücke:Ilsdorf	2.6 km	WestNorthWest
5 Mücke:Ruppertenrod	2.7 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	238 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	335 km	West
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	351 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 317 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 Kinzigtalsperre (0.6 km² at a distance of 40.3 km in SouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Taufstein with a height of 773 meter (at a distance of 14.7 km and direction SouthEast). The most nearby international border is the French-German border with a straight distance of 189.9 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 266 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 100%, low mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely 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 73 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

16.4 km2

20.9%

Nature

0.3 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

58.4 km2

74.3%

Urban area

3.4 km2

4.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Groß-Eichen in country Germany

Groß-Eichen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Messel Pit Fossil Site	Germany	79 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe	Germany	83 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt	Germany	85 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Vogelsberg	DE	0.5 km	EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sellnrod

Type of weather in Sellnrod	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.47 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	78 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	14 hour and 59 minutes
Sunrise :	05:50 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:50 Europe/Amsterdam