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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.9026,Lat: 50.539
Elevation	194 meter above sea level
Local time	13:56:02pm
Name province/region	Hessen
Name Subregion	Gießen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Gießen
Name	Lich

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Lich:Nieder-Bessingen	1.4 km	West
2 Laubach:Röthges	1.7 km	East
3 Laubach:Münster	2.1 km	NorthEast
4 Hungen:Nonnenroth	2.2 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Reiskirchen:Ettingshausen	2.3 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	224 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	323 km	West
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	345 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 321 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Main, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Aartalsee (1 km² at a distance of 33.8 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Taufstein with a height of 773 meter (at a distance of 23.9 km and direction East). The most nearby international border is the German-Belgium border with a straight distance of 178.7 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 250 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 52%, hill: 48%, 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 agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Frankfurt am Main Airport (at a distance of 61 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

28.1 km2

35.8%

Nature

0.7 km2

0.9%

Agriculture

46.2 km2

58.8%

Urban area

3.5 km2

4.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ober-Bessingen in country Germany

Ober-Bessingen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Messel Pit Fossil Site	Germany	70 km	South
2 Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt	Germany	76 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe	Germany	93 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Wetterniederung bei Lich	DE	0.2 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Ober-Bessingen
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ettingshausen

Type of weather in Ettingshausen	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.45 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	999 mb
Humidity:	63 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	14 hour and 56 minutes
Sunrise :	05:53 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:48 Europe/Amsterdam