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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.0266,Lat: 50.6249
Elevation	272 meter above sea level
Local time	7:34:37am
Name province/region	Hessen
Name Subregion	Gießen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vogelsbergkreis
Name	Mücke

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Mücke:Kirschgarten	1.7 km	EastNorthEast
2 Mücke:Ilsdorf	1.9 km	SouthEast
3 Mücke:Nieder-Ohmen	2.4 km	North
4 Mücke:Wettsaasen	2.7 km	EastNorthEast
5 Grünberg:Lehnheim	3.2 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	236 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	331 km	West
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	347 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 313 km (direction North).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 Aartalsee (1 km² at a distance of 38.8 km in Western direction).

The nearest mountain is Taufstein with a height of 773 meter (at a distance of 19.2 km and direction SouthEast). The most nearby international border is the German-Belgium border with a straight distance of 188.6 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 264 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 100%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 73 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

22.4 km2

28.4%

Nature

0.6 km2

0.8%

Agriculture

50.9 km2

64.8%

Urban area

4.7 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Merlau in country Germany

Merlau at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe	Germany	81 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Messel Pit Fossil Site	Germany	81 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt	Germany	87 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Laubacher Wald	DE	0.2 km	EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Merlau

Type of weather in Merlau	light rain
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.31 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	991 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	15 hour and 3 minutes
Sunrise :	05:49 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:51 Europe/Amsterdam