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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.4171,Lat: 50.0394
Elevation	339 meter above sea level
Local time	5:37:17am
Name province/region	Rheinland-Pfalz
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm
Name	Arzfeld
Name	Oberpierscheid

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Oberweiler	1.6 km	EastNorthEast
2 Echtershausen	1.8 km	South
3 Niederweiler	2 km	EastSouthEast
4 Oberpierscheid:Philippsweiler	2.6 km	WestNorthWest
5 Hamm	2.6 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	52 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	172 km	NorthWest
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	281 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 212 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 Bassin Supérieur S.E.O. (Oberbecken) (0.5 km² at a distance of 20.1 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Volcanic Eifel (Maar) at a distance of 34.2 km (direction EastNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Luxembourg-German border with a straight distance of 17.1 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 24 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the German Belgian Luxembourgish tripoint with a straight distance of 22.4 km (direction WestNorthWest).
Elevation around place: hill: 88%, low mountains: 12%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Islek und Ösling

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Luxembourg-Findel International Airport (at a distance of 49 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

34.5 km2

43.9%

Agriculture

43.2 km2

54.9%

Urban area

0.6 km2

0.8%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Merkeshausen in country Germany

Merkeshausen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier	Germany	36 km	SouthSouthEast
2 City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications	Luxembourg	52 km	SouthSouthWest
3 The Great Spa Towns of Europe	Austria,Belgium, Czechia,France, Germany,Italy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	64 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Enztal	DE	4.5 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Niederweiler

Type of weather in Niederweiler	light rain
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.02 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 59 minutes
Sunrise :	06:01 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:00 Europe/Amsterdam