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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.3691,Lat: 50.6345
Elevation	390 meter above sea level
Local time	0:11:06am
Name province/region	Nordrhein-Westfalen
Name Subregion	Köln
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Städteregion Aachen
Name	Simmerath

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Simmerath:Woffelsbach	1.2 km	SouthEast
2 Simmerath:Steckenborn	1.4 km	WestSouthWest
3 Simmerath:Rurberg	2.4 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Simmerath:Strauch	2.5 km	WestSouthWest
5 Hürtgenwald:Simonskall	3.8 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	115 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	144 km	WestNorthWest
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	219 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 169 km (direction WestNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Belgium.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Meuse. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Rurtalsperre Schwammenauel (6.1 km² at a height of around 281 meter above sea level) at a distance of 1.3 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Signal de Botrange with a height of 694 meter (at a distance of 24.5 km and direction SouthWest).One of the mountains in High Fens, part of the mountain range Ardennes. The most nearby international border is the German-Belgium border with a straight distance of 6.7 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 9.4 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 79%, low mountains: 21%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
NR-282

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Cologne Bonn Airport (at a distance of 60 km and direction EastNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

40.5 km2

51.6%

Agriculture

26.8 km2

34.1%

Urban area

4.9 km2

6.3%

Water - Lakes

6.2 km2

7.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Hechelscheidt in country Germany

Hechelscheidt at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Aachen Cathedral	Germany	25 km	NorthWest
2 The Great Spa Towns of Europe	Austria,Belgium, Czechia,France, Germany,Italy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	39 km	WestSouthWest
3 Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl	Germany	44 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Kermeter	DE	1.8 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Steckenborn

Type of weather in Steckenborn	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.43 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	69 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	14 hour and 36 minutes
Sunrise :	06:13 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:49 Europe/Amsterdam