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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.2972,Lat: 50.6549
Elevation	269 meter above sea level
Local time	3:32:27am
Name province/region	Hessen
Name Subregion	Gießen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lahn-Dill-Kreis
Name	Herborn

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Sinn:Fleisbach	1.3 km	SouthEast
2 Herborn:Hirschberg	2 km	WestSouthWest
3 Herborn:Hörbach	2.3 km	NorthWest
4 Sinn	2.4 km	East
5 Herborn	3.1 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	194 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	279 km	West
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	304 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 294 km (direction WestNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Belgium.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine main - Medium - Nahe, Lahn, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Krombachtalsperre (1 km² at a distance of 11.6 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the German-Belgium border with a straight distance of 138.1 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 193 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 4%, hill: 93%, low mountains: 3%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Frankfurt am Main Airport (at a distance of 71 km and direction SouthSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

43.4 km2

55.3%

Agriculture

25.8 km2

32.8%

Urban area

9.3 km2

11.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Merkenbach in country Germany

Merkenbach at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Upper Middle Rhine Valley	Germany	69 km	SouthWest
2 Messel Pit Fossil Site	Germany	88 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt	Germany	91 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Rehbachtal zwischen Driedorf und Merkenbach	DE	0.7 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Merkenbach

Type of weather in Merkenbach	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	15 hour and 3 minutes
Sunrise :	05:51 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:54 Europe/Amsterdam