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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.7412,Lat: 49.9393
Elevation	168 meter above sea level
Local time	11:17:01am
Name province/region	Hessen
Name Subregion	Darmstadt
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Darmstadt-Dieburg
Name	Messel

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Dreieich:Offenthal	4.4 km	North
2 Rödermark:Urberach	5.6 km	NorthEast
3 Egelsbach	6.3 km	NorthWest
4 Darmstadt:Wixhausen	6.6 km	West
5 Langen (Hessen)	7.1 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	192 km	West
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	316 km	South
3 Brussel	Belgium	328 km	WestNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 354 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 is Langener Waldsee Sehring (0.9 km² at a distance of 11.4 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-German border with a straight distance of 113.5 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 159 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 96%, hill: 4%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely 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 17 km and direction NorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

58.3 km2

74.1%

Nature

1.2 km2

1.6%

Agriculture

15.6 km2

19.9%

Urban area

2.8 km2

3.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Messel in country Germany

Messel at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Messel Pit Fossil Site	Germany	2.7 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt	Germany	8.8 km	SouthWest
3 Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch	Germany	34 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Kranichsteiner Wald mit Hegbachaue,Mörsbacher Grund u. Silzwiesen	DE	0.5 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Messel

Type of weather in Messel	mist
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 58 minutes
Sunrise :	05:52 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:50 Europe/Amsterdam