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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.4682,Lat: 50.0827
Elevation	114 meter above sea level
Local time	7:25:53am
Name province/region	Hessen
Name Subregion	Darmstadt
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Main-Taunus-Kreis
Name	Kriftel

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hofheim am Taunus	1.7 km	WestNorthWest
2 Hattersheim am Main	1.7 km	SouthEast
3 Frankfurt am Main:Zeilsheim	2.4 km	NorthEast
4 Hattersheim am Main:Okriftel	4 km	SouthEast
5 Hofheim am Taunus:Diedenbergen	4.1 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	177 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	304 km	WestNorthWest
3 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	336 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 329 km (direction WestNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Belgium.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Main, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Langener Waldsee Sehring (0.9 km² at a distance of 12.5 km in SouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Großer Feldberg with a height of 879 meter (at a distance of 16.6 km and direction North). The most nearby international border is the French-German border with a straight distance of 120.3 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 168 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 83%, hill: 17%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately 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 8.3 km and direction SouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

13.4 km2

17.1%

Nature

0.3 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

39.6 km2

50.5%

Urban area

22.3 km2

28.5%

Water - Lakes

1.2 km2

1.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Kriftel in country Germany

Kriftel at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt	Germany	27 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Messel Pit Fossil Site	Germany	28 km	SouthEast
3 Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch	Germany	48 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Galgenberg bei Diedenbergen	DE	2.4 km	West

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Kriftel
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Kriftel

Type of weather in Kriftel	clear sky
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	14 hour and 53 minutes
Sunrise :	05:56 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:49 Europe/Amsterdam