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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.2436,Lat: 49.489
Elevation	369 meter above sea level
Local time	0:56:06am
Name province/region	Saarland
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	St. Wendel
Name	St. Wendel

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 St. Wendel:Osterbrücken	1.8 km	EastNorthEast
2 St. Wendel:Marth	2.2 km	SouthSouthEast
3 St. Wendel:Niederkirchen	2.4 km	South
4 St. Wendel:Leitersweiler	2.5 km	WestNorthWest
5 St. Wendel:Saal	2.9 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	82 km	WestNorthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	256 km	NorthWest
3 Bern	Switzerland	283 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 297 km (direction NorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Belgium.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Moselle, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Bostalsee (1.4 km² at a height of around 399 meter above sea level) at a distance of 14.5 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-German border with a straight distance of 36.3 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 51 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 99%, low mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly southern 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 Luxembourg-Findel International Airport (at a distance of 77 km and direction WestNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

20.6 km2

26.2%

Agriculture

55.5 km2

70.7%

Urban area

2.5 km2

3.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Hoof in country Germany

Hoof at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Völklingen Ironworks	Germany	39 km	SouthWest
2 Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier	Germany	53 km	NorthWest
3 City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications	Luxembourg	81 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ostertal	DE	0.2 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Selchenbach

Type of weather in Selchenbach	few clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.97 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1022 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	15 hour and 1 minutes
Sunrise :	05:56 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:58 Europe/Amsterdam