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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.38,Lat: 51.7089
Elevation	47 meter above sea level
Local time	0:53:18am
Name province/region	Nordrhein-Westfalen
Name Subregion	Münster
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Coesfeld
Name	Olfen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Selm:Ternsche	3.7 km	EastNorthEast
2 Olfen:Vinnum	3.8 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Lüdinghausen:Reckelsum	4.5 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Datteln:Pelkum	5 km	South
5 Datteln:Ahsen	5.1 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	186 km	WestNorthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	232 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	250 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 196 km (direction North).The coastline is located in another country namely Netherlands.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine main - Lower - Ruhr, Lippe, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Stausee Hullern (1.5 km² at a distance of 5.4 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 47.4 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 66 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southern 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-541

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Düsseldorf Airport (at a distance of 63 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Dortmund Airport (at a distance of 27 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

10.4 km2

13.3%

Nature

0.8 km2

Agriculture

63.9 km2

81.5%

Urban area

2.9 km2

3.7%

Water - Lakes

0.1 km2

0.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Olfen in country Germany

Olfen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen	Germany	33 km	SouthWest
2 Cologne Cathedral	Germany	90 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl	Germany	104 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Stever	DE	0.8 km	EastNorthEast

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Olfen

Type of weather in Olfen	light rain
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.11 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	15 hour and 7 minutes
Sunrise :	05:53 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:00 Europe/Amsterdam