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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.175,Lat: 51.0272
Elevation	53 meter above sea level
Local time	5:38:07am
Name province/region	Nordrhein-Westfalen
Name Subregion	Köln
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Heinsberg
Name	Heinsberg

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Heinsberg:Porselen	1.2 km	North
2 Heinsberg:Randerath	1.3 km	South
3 Heinsberg:Dremmen	2.4 km	NorthWest
4 Heinsberg:Uetterath	2.9 km	West
5 Geilenkirchen:Kraudorf	3 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	130 km	West
2 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	158 km	South
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	174 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 139 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 is Blausteinsee (1.1 km² at a height of around 128 meter above sea level) at a distance of 19.9 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 11.5 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 16 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
NR-570

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Düsseldorf Airport (at a distance of 51 km and direction EastNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.6 km2

3.4%

Agriculture

61.5 km2

78.3%

Urban area

13.8 km2

17.6%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Horst in country Germany

Horst at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Aachen Cathedral	Germany	29 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Cologne Cathedral	Germany	56 km	EastSouthEast
3 Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl	Germany	56 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Schaagbachtal	DE	9.8 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Randerath

Type of weather in Randerath	light rain
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 0)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	15 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :	05:57 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:06 Europe/Amsterdam