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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 10.5683,Lat: 53.5493
Elevation	38 meter above sea level
Local time	22:16:14pm
Name province/region	Schleswig-Holstein
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Herzogtum Lauenburg
Name	Schwarzenbek-Land
Name	Kankelau

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Elmenhorst	2.1 km	WestSouthWest
2 Talkau	3.1 km	North
3 Groß Pampau	3.3 km	South
4 Sahms	3.4 km	SouthWest
5 Tramm	3.4 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Berlin	Germany	221 km	EastSouthEast
2 København	Denmark	274 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	403 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 50 km (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Elbe main - Lower, part of the larger catchment area Elbe. The nearest bigger lake is Prüßsee (1.7 km² at a distance of 7.2 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Danish-German border with a straight distance of 160.5 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 225 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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
Hohe Geest

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (at a distance of 39 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lübeck Blankensee Airport (at a distance of 30 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

16.2 km2

20.7%

Agriculture

59.3 km2

75.6%

Urban area

2.2 km2

2.8%

Water - Lakes

0.5 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Kankelau in country Germany

Kankelau at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Hanseatic City of Lübeck	Germany	36 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District with Chilehaus	Germany	38 km	West
3 Archaeological Border complex of Hedeby and the Danevirke	Germany	125 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Kiefholz	DE	1.7 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Kankelau

Type of weather in Kankelau	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.61 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	15 hour and 24 minutes
Sunrise :	05:32 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:56 Europe/Amsterdam