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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.2393,Lat: 50.5553
Elevation	474 meter above sea level
Local time	19:36:18pm
Name province/region	Nordrhein-Westfalen
Name Subregion	Köln
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Städteregion Aachen
Name	Monschau

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Monschau:Menzerath	1.3 km	EastNorthEast
2 Monschau:Hargard	1.5 km	NorthEast
3 Monschau:Mützenich	1.9 km	NorthWest
4 Monschau:Höfen	2.2 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Monschau:Imgenbroich	2.6 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	106 km	South
2 Brussel	Belgium	137 km	WestNorthWest
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	223 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 165 km (direction NorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Belgium.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Meuse. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Rurtalsperre Obersee (2 km² at a height of around 281 meter above sea level) at a distance of 9.8 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Signal de Botrange with a height of 694 meter (at a distance of 11.9 km and direction WestSouthWest).One of the mountains in High Fens, part of the mountain range Ardennes. The most nearby international border is the German-Belgium border with a straight distance of 0.9 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1.2 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 13%, low mountains: 87%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
NR-282

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Cologne Bonn Airport (at a distance of 73 km and direction EastNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

24.6 km2

31.3%

Nature

3.8 km2

4.9%

Wet nature

2.4 km2

Agriculture

39.1 km2

49.7%

Urban area

8.7 km2

11.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Monschau in country Germany

Monschau at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Aachen Cathedral	Germany	27 km	NorthNorthWest
2 The Great Spa Towns of Europe	Austria,Belgium, Czechia,France, Germany,Italy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	27 km	WestSouthWest
3 Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl	Germany	56 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Oberlauf der Rur	DE	0.4 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Monschau

Type of weather in Monschau	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	54 %
Daylength at 27 April 2024:	14 hour and 32 minutes
Sunrise :	06:16 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:48 Europe/Amsterdam