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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.9534,Lat: 49.9509
Elevation	141 meter above sea level
Local time	4:18:22am
Name province/region	Rheinland-Pfalz
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Bernkastel-Wittlich
Name	Wittlich-Land
Name	Platten

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Wittlich:Wengerohr	2.7 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Altrich	3.1 km	WestNorthWest
3 Osann-Monzel:Osann	3.3 km	South
4 Maring-Noviand:Noviand	3.4 km	SouthEast
5 Zeltingen-Rachtig:Rachtig	3.8 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	71 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	210 km	WestNorthWest
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	306 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 247 km (direction NorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Belgium.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Moselle, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Riveristalsperre (0.6 km² at a distance of 30.2 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Volcanic Eifel (Maar) at a distance of 25.5 km (direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Luxembourg-German border with a straight distance of 34.3 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 48 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 68%, hill: 32%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Wittlicher Senke

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Luxembourg-Findel International Airport (at a distance of 65 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

21.9 km2

27.8%

Agriculture

39.3 km2

50%

Viticulture

10.8 km2

13.8%

Urban area

6 km2

7.6%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Platten in country Germany

Platten at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier	Germany	32 km	SouthWest
2 Upper Middle Rhine Valley	Germany	59 km	EastNorthEast
3 City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications	Luxembourg	70 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Mesenberg und Ackerflur bei Wittlich	DE	0.7 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Platten

Type of weather in Platten	clear sky
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 0)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	80 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 36 minutes
Sunrise :	06:11 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:47 Europe/Amsterdam